Slides on EOSC EDEN WP1: Data & Process Framework for Long-Term Digital Preservation at the EOSC EDEN European Expert Curation and Digital Preservation Network Workshop on 1-2 October 2025

04 | Feb | 2025 by Micky Lindlar (they/them) WP1: Data & Process Framework for Long-Term Digital Preservation EOSC EDEN | Workshop 1st & 2nd October 2025 – Leuven, Belgium EOSC EDEN WP1 |Mic ky Lind lar 1 Setting the scene for digipres & RDM Lindlar, Jones, Rudnik, Horton (2020): “You say potato, I say potato” (..). Image from slidedeck available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3672773 EOSC EDEN WP1 |Mic ky Lind lar 2 Archiving: lifecycle step or life-long journey? Plan Research Project Collect Data Prepare and Analyze Data Share and Publish Data Archive Data Re-use Data https://d-nb.info/135630141X/34 nestor Seal (DIN31644) TDR certification, following 34 criteria https://forschungsdaten.info/themen/informierenund-planen/datenlebenszyklus/ RDM info platform widely used in Germany; includes generic data lifecycle description Lindlar, Schumann (2025) ‚Daten Archivieren‘: Lebensabschnitt oder komplementärer Gesamtprozess?. Forthcoming. EOSC EDEN WP1 |Mic ky Lind lar 3 FAIR! … and CARE! and TRUST! EOSC EDEN WP1 |Mic ky Lind lar 4 And when that‘s all established, the real fun starts … Growing data volume Quality assessment How long is long-term What is worth preserving long-term Discipline-specific need Cost Changing relevance of data Carbon Footprint Foreseeing future access forms EOSC EDEN WP1 |Mic ky Lind lar 5 Digital preservation & discipline specific requirements Long-Term Digital preservation specific requirements based on standards, guidelines and good practice Focus on impact of disciplinespecific / digital object specific requirements on preservation process „Digipres lens“ Discipline-specific and digital object specific requirements Focus on identification, selection & appraisal „Discipline lens“ „The 3d scan is in file format e57 and needs to include geo-location“ „The preservation system needs to be able to to handle the file format e57 (identify, validate, extract technical metadata), a preservation plan / processes for preservation watch need to be in place, geo-location needs to be a significant property“ EOSC EDEN WP1 |Mic ky Lind lar 6 WP1: EDEN‘s core digital preservation work package How and based on what are digital objects selected / appraised for long-term preservation? T1.1 M1-36 How can all of this be applied in re-appraisal? T1.3 M18-36 What makes an object preservable & re-usable for the long-term? What processes does a trustworthy digital archive need to include? T1.2 M1-30 EOSC EDEN WP1 |Mic ky Lind lar 7 T1.1: Survey on Identification, Selection & Appraisal Practices for Long-Term Preservation of Data Survey on preservation practice: Ran between May –June 2025, analysis currently ongoing 250 responses from 31 countries (26.4% Germany, 11.6% USA, 5.6% UK) Questions : •Descriptive information •Familiarity with frameworks & guidelines •Definition of „long-term“ preservation •Pathways of data into the archive •Practices in quality assessment of data Do you assess the quality of digital date objects at the point of ingest for “long-term” preservation? n=250 multiple choice 20/06/2025 by Micky Lindlar, TIB eden-fidelis.eu linkedin.com/company/eosc-eden @eosc-eden.bsky.social @EOSC-EDEN Thank You micky.lindla[email protected] digipres.club/@mickylindlar