TU Wien:Digital Preservation VO (Rauber)/Prüfung 2015-12-12

1) Define sample object

a) What is the purpose of the "Define sample object". Is the file format property sufficient (explain)

b) How can Content Profiling tools help with the "Define sample object" step?

2) OAIS

a) Describe Ingest Process in detail, list the checks and transformations which are performed in ingest

b) Describe the difference between SIP and AIP.

3) File formats, identification and characterisation

a) What is identification and explain why is it not enough to consider only the format extension?

b) What is characterisation? List and explain three types of conflicts which can appear when more than one characterisation tool is used on the same file object.

4) Digital object repository

a) Describe the FEDORA digital object model. What are its main parts?

b) Explain data steams. Describe the 4 unique datastream identifier and their role.

5) Dublin Core

a) What is Dublin Core and where can it be used?

b) Look at the IEEE landing page of this article. Name 6 different Dublin Core attributes (e.g. <dc:title></dc:title>)