A Study on the Selection of Preservation Format for Long-Term Preservation of Electronic Records (전자기록물의 장기보존을 위한 보존포맷 선정 방안에 관한 연구)

Hui-Jeong Han (한희정); Oh Hyo-Jung (오효정); Yang, Dong-min (양동민)

doi:10.14404/JKSARM.2020.20.1.069

A Study on the Selection of Preservation Format for Long-Term Preservation of Electronic Records

Journal of Korean Society of Archives and Records Management
Abbr : JRMASK
2020, 20(1), pp.69~87
DOI : 10.14404/JKSARM.2020.20.1.069
Publisher : Korean Society of Archives and Records Management
Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science > Archival Studies / Conservation
Received : January 21, 2020
Accepted : February 11, 2020
Published : February 28, 2020

Hui-Jeong Han ¹, Oh Hyo-Jung ¹, Yang, Dong-min ¹

¹전북대학교

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ABSTRACT

For the long-term preservation of document-type electronic records, the National Archives of Korea has chosen PDF/A-1 as the preservation format named as the document file format, and established it as a public standard. The only option of selecting PDF/A-1 restricts the use of various electronic file formats that can or must be applied to actual works as IT advances and tasks change. Moreover, it is difficult to apply PDF/A-1 to other types of electronic records (administrative information datasets, audiovisual records, web records, etc.). Therefore, it is necessary to diversify the preservation formats of electronic records. We suggest a framework for selecting various preservation formats. Furthermore, we propose common criteria and evaluation methods frequently applied to all electronic records when selecting a preservation format, and introduce a methodology for deriving intrinsic criteria applied to each type of electronic records.

KEYWORDS

Electronic records, long-term preservation, preservation format, document file format, selection criteria, common criteria, intrinsic criteria

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.

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