title: DataNet Federation Consortium Preservation Policy ToolKit
creators: Reagan Moore Arcot Rajasekar Hao Xu
abstract: The DataNet Federation Consortium uses a policy-based data management system to apply and enforce preservation requirements. This paper describes the Preservation Policy Toolkit developed by the consortium. In particular, the paper describes the infrastructure needed for preservation, presents examples of computer actionable forms of policies, and provides a generic template for designing actionable preservation policies.
keywords: policy-based data management preservation policies computer actionable procedures