Template for preparing a  cessation plan
VerbundFDB Working Group Cessation
<p>Digital preservation entails the need to maintain the accessibility and usability of digital assets for the long term&mdash;potentially beyond the lifetime of the repository in which they were initially published. To prepare for a potential cessation scenario and the handover of (parts of) the data collection to another repository, members of the German Network of Educational Research Data (VerbundFDB) created this template.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Using guiding questions,&nbsp;the template helps repositories to collate information about the data collection, organisational, technical, and legal aspects relevant to a potential data custody transfer. This can facilitate the discovery of potential gaps in the workflows and documentation, at the same time as structuring communication with potential target repositories.</p>
repository cessation succession planning trustworthiness repository certification research data centers