Standardisation

Many technical standards have yet to crystallise in the relatively new field of digital preservation. nestor provides an overview of existing standards, bundles together standardisation activities and proposes new activities where required. User interests are represented at the national and international levels via the partnership with the DIN organisation.

Overview of current standards in digital preservation

• Persistent identifiers
• MetadataAudit & Certification 
• File formats: Identification / Registry
• Metadata
• Persistent Identifiers
• Records ManagementAudit & Certification
• Reference models
  Records Management 

National standardisation

To date, the nestor working groups have initiated three standardisation projects. These are currently being adapted by DIN for adoption as national standards:

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