title: ARCHIVEMATICA: USING MICRO-SERVICES AND  OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE TO DELIVER A  COMPREHENSIVE DIGITAL CURATION SOLUTION
creators: Peter Van Garderen
abstract: Digital curation micro-services offer a light-weight
  alternative to preservation systems that are developed
  on digital repository and framework technology stacks.
  These are often too complex for small and medium-sized
  memory institutions to deploy and maintain. The
  Archivematica project has implemented a micro-services
  approach to develop an integrated suite of free and
  open-source tools that allows users to process digital
  objects from ingest to access while applying format
  specific preservation policies. Inspired by a call to
  action in a recent UNESCO Memory of the World
  report, the goal of the Archivematica project is to reduce
  the cost and technical complexity of deploying a
  comprehensive, interoperable digital curation solution
  that is compliant with standards and best practices.