Recommendations for Preservation Data Policies

Poster at Open Repositories 2014, Helsinki, Finland, June 9-13, 2014

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In this paper, we summarise selected recommendations that should be taken into account when drawing up data policies concerning digital preservation. It is important to understand what current data policies address and if they miss out on important topics, such as specific requirements for data preservation. This gives an indication of the possible impact of such data policies on individual communities, for example for repository managers, and allows recommendations to be drawn up to guide forthcoming policies. The recommendations suggested in this paper are based on both desktop research on selected data policies and an online survey conducted by the APARSEN project during autumn 2013.