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Trust: when we need it, how to get it

Kevin Ashley

Director, DCC

director@dcc.ac.uk

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Tools to aid planninghttp://www.dcc.ac.uk/dmponline

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What did I say I would say?

• Trust – when we need it & who from• Depositors• Consumers – content & services• Peers• Funders

• Who do we need to trust ?• Certification – TRAC, ISO, DSA, etc

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Some other reading

• Walters & McDonald, Creating Trust Relationships for Distributed Digital Preservation Federationshttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/10182

• Day, M. (2008). Toward distributed infrastructures for digital preservation: the roles of collaboration and trust. International Journal of Digital Curation, 3(1), 2008, 15-28.http://www.ijdc.net/ijdc/article/view/60/61

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In 2000: worried about authentic objects

• Authentication involves chain of trust• Not just technological, but sociological• May still be fiscal or related to other issues• Technology proves identity, but does not

give trust

Ashley, K “I’m me and you’re you but is that that?” New Review of Academic Librarianship 6(1) 2000

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TRUSTED

DIGITAL

REPOSITORY

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Repository?

Scholarly Outputs

Educational MaterialsAdministrative records

Publications

Repository

Data libraryArchive

Data centerERMS

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TRUSTED

DIGITAL

REPOSITORY

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TRUSTED

TRUSTWORTHY

x

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Are you trusted or trustworthy?

• Producers trust you to take care of stuff• Consumers trust you to provide content and

services around it• Everyone trusts you to obey laws & licences• Peers need to trust your services• You need to trust your peers’ services• Your funders need to trust a lot• You may be outsourcing….

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“Trust is good – control is better”

Lenin

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Audit & certification standards

• TRAC – 2006 (from TDR [2002], PDI [1996])• An audit mechanism

• DSA – Data Seal of Approval• Audit & certification – designed for data repositories

• ISO 16363• Audit & certification – built on OAIS

• ISO 16919 (in preparation)• Requirements for audit bodies

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OAIS core responsibilities

• Negotiate with producers for content• Obtain sufficient control• Determine scope of designated

community• Ensure independent utility of data• Follow procedures for preservation• Disseminate data to community

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But broader concerns…

• Financial viability• Succession planning• Organisational mission• Forward planning• Transparency• …..

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Why do it ?

• To gain trust• For self-improvement• To galvanise funders/management/users• NOT: because everyone else is doing it

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Current position

• No ISO-accredited organisation yet• Self or external work with DSA or TRAC useful

preparation or end-point• Planning for audit a useful activity in itself• Auditor training planned for this year

• Buy ISO 16363 from ISO: 172 SF• Or free from NASA:

http://public.ccsds.org/publications/archive/652x0m1.pdf

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Director @ dcc.ac.uk

@kevingashley

@digitalcuration

www.dcc.ac.uk

http://slideshare.net/kevinashley

http://www.iso16363.org/

http://www.datasealofapproval.org/

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