E-ARK glossary

Disciplined Agile Delivery Definition from https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Glossary

is an archive that cannot be accessed by any current users but may be accessible at future dates subject to the occurrence of specific pre-defined events ('trigger event'). Access to the data is either limited to a few set individuals or completely restricted to all. Definition by https://www.dpconline.org/handbook/glossary

A database is an organised collection of data. It is the collection of schemas, tables, queries, reports, views and other objects.

Database Definition from https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Glossary

Digital Curation Centre. A UK based organisation active in digital preservation. http://www.dcc.ac.uk; Definition by https://www.dpconline.org/handbook/glossary

Data Documentation Initiative. A de facto international metadata standard for describing data from the social, behavioral, and economic sciences. http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/DDI; Definition by https://www.dpconline.org/handbook/glossary

Data Encryption Standard Definition from https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Glossary

Metadata that describes the data content.

European Commission's Directorate-General for Translation Definition from https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Glossary

Digital Curator Vocational Education Europe. A project funded by the European Commission to establish a curriculum framework for vocational training in digital curation. http://www.digcurv.gla.ac.uk/; Definition by https://www.dpconline.org/handbook/glossary

European Commission's Directorate-General for Informatics Definition from https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Glossary

This term is used very differently within sectors. The library and archiving communities often use it interchangeably with digital preservation. Computing professionals tend to use digital archiving to mean the process of backup and ongoing maintenance as opposed to strategies for long-term digital preservation. It is this latter richer definition, as defined under digital preservation which has been used throughout this Handbook. Definition by https://www.dpconline.org/handbook/glossary

The application of scientific technical methods and tools toward the preservation, collection, validation, identification, analysis, interpretation, documentation and presentation of digital information derived after-the-fact from digital sources. Definition by https://www.dpconline.org/handbook/glossary

Digital geodata records are records containing a spatial graphical component, describing objects in space. They can be created digitally, or digitized from an analogue source (paper maps)

The term used to describe the digital assets of an archive, contained in Information Packages.

" A broad term encompassing digital surrogates created as a result of converting analogue materials to digital form (digitisation), and ""born digital"" for which there has never been and is never intended to be an analogue equivalent, and digital records.";; Definition by https://www.dpconline.org/handbook/glossary

An object composed of a set of bit sequences.

" Refers to the series of managed activities necessary to ensure continued access to digital materials for as long as necessary. Digital preservation is defined very broadly for the purposes of this study and refers to all of the actions required to maintain access to digital materials beyond the limits of media failure or technological and organisational change. Those materials may be records created during the day-to-day business of an organisation; ""born-digital"" materials created for a specific purpose (e.g. teaching resources); or the products of digitisation projects. This Handbook specifically excludes the potential use of digital technology to preserve the original artefacts through digitisation. See also Digitisation definition below.";; Definition by https://www.dpconline.org/handbook/glossary

Documentation of processes in a Digital Object’s life cycle. Digital provenance typically describes Agents responsible for the custody and stewardship of Digital Objects, key Events that occur over the course of the Digital Object’s life cycle, and other information associated with the Digital Object’s creation, management, and preservation http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/v3/premis-3-0-final.pdf

" ""Born digital"" objects which have been released for public access and either made available or distributed free of charge or for a fee. They may consist of networked publications, available over a communications network or physical format publications which are distributed on formats such as floppy or optical disks. They may also be either static or dynamic.";; Definition by https://www.dpconline.org/handbook/glossary

See Electronic Records;; Definition by https://www.dpconline.org/handbook/glossary

See Digital Materials;; Definition by https://www.dpconline.org/handbook/glossary

" The process of creating digital files by scanning or otherwise converting analogue materials. The resulting digital copy, or digital surrogate, would then be classed as digital material and then subject to the same broad challenges involved in preserving access to it, as ""born digital"" materials.";; Definition by https://www.dpconline.org/handbook/glossary

provides bit preservation for the content plus digital preservation planning and actions for long-term perpetual access, and also limited current access (perhaps limited to on-site users or previous subscribers post-cancellation, etc.). Definition by https://www.dpconline.org/handbook/glossary

Dissemination Information Package: an Information Package, derived from one or more AIPs, and sent by Archives to the Consumer in response to a request to the OAIS.

Digital Library Federation. A US based organisation active in digital preservation. http://www.diglib.org; Definition by https://www.dpconline.org/handbook/glossary

Deep Neural Net Definition from https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Glossary

Domain Name System Definition from https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Glossary

Deliver Operation The Deliver Operation occurs at the endpoints and only once per message lifetime. Any Actions performed by an intermediary will be defined in different terms. Definition from https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Glossary

Digital Object Identifier. A technical and organisational infrastructure for the registration and use of persistent identifiers widely used in digital publications and for research data. The DOI system was created by the International DOI Foundation and was adopted as International Standard ISO 26324 in 2012. http://www.doi.org; Definition by https://www.dpconline.org/handbook/glossary

ebMS3 Access Point based on the AS4 profile. Definition from https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Glossary

Digital Preservation Coalition. A UK and Ireland based organisation active in digital preservation and responsible for the Digital Preservation Handbook. http://www.dpconline.org; Definition by https://www.dpconline.org/handbook/glossary

Digital Preservation Training Programme, an intensive training course run by the University of London Computer Centre. https;//dptp.london.ac.uk/; Definition by https://www.dpconline.org/handbook/glossary

Digital Repository Audit Methodology Based on Risk Assessment. A set of risk assessment tools developed by the Digital Curation Centre. http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/repository-audit-and-assessment/drambora; Definition by https://www.dpconline.org/handbook/glossary

A file profiling tool developed and distributed by TNA to identify file formats. Based on PRONOM. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/manage-information/policy-process/digital-continuity/file-profiling-tool-droid/; Definition by https://www.dpconline.org/handbook/glossary

Digital Service Infrastructure Definition from https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Glossary

Dynamic Service Location Definition from https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Glossary