During the last decade several projects with respect to digital preservation have been funded in Europe by the European Commission and have delivered interesting results. Such projects include community building projects or coordination actions such as ERPANET, Delos2, and Digital Preservation Europe (DPE), but also research projects such as Planets, CASPAR, Shaman, Protage. In December 2009 a new call for digital preservation will be closed, so new projects may start in 2010. One result of all these projects and all the work done is that there is a growing community involved, more organizations and people are aware of the issues, definitely has enhanced the collaboration amongst institutions and universities in Europe, and with the last research projects some potential practical solutions are emerging that could be applied by institutions. How it all will work out in the end is still one of the big questions. For one thing it may have helped to create a good foundation for further collaboration, perhaps even without funding from the European Commission. This presentation will provide a brief overview of the main results of some of these projects, especially Planets, and what issues they try to resolve, and a brief outlook on possible future developments.

1. European Perspectives on Digital Preservation Hans Hofman (virtual) Nationaal Archief Netherlands National Digital Forum New Zealand 24 November 2009

5. The reference model of OAIS ‘ Repository model’ for long term preservation

6. Digital Repository Metadata database data management ingest access Planning and control transfer end user creator Digital Depot system storage link representation migration-on-demand virtualisation and emulation characterisation migration conversion to standards Preservation system

15. Planets Functional Model

19. Organisational policy Preservation Planning Planets: Preservation Planning Object (type) Technical environment Regulatory environment Information technology Standards Tools Strategies User requirements P-Plan P-Plan P-Plan Object (type) Technical environment Action Constraints Guidelines significant properties ?

21. Preservation Planning and OAIS

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