Invisible ZIPs: Unpacking ZIP file contents and adding PREMIS metadata in a digital preservation system : Short Paper - iPRES 2025 - Wellington, New Zealand / Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa
Abstract
An important step in digital preservation is having full visibility of content and the various formats held within a digital preservation repository, so that appropriate preservation actions can be planned and carried out. Compression formats, such as ZIP files, can be an obstacle when running file format identification and validation processes. This is especially the case when compressed files are nested within preservation packages. This paper outlines a process implemented by the University of Melbourne’s Digital Preservation Program to unpack ZIP files within Archival Information Packages in a digital preservation system and attach supporting PREMIS metadata.Details
- Creators
- Lars Alvik; Evanthia Samaras; Elise Bradshaw
- Institutions
- Date
- 2025-09-01 00:00:00 +0000
- Keywords
- digital humanities
- Publication Type
- paper
- License
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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