Exploring appraisal, quality assurance and risk assessment in the data continuum

Exploring appraisal, quality assurance and risk assessment in the data continuum.   Linda Ligios. Pericles blog. 8 March 2016.
     PERICLES presented a workshop on "appraisal, quality assurance and risk assessment in relation to the lives of complex digital objects."   It introduced the key concepts of :

• model-driven preservation in a continually evolving environment
• appraisal processes that lend themselves to being automated,
• development plans for tools on appraisal, risk assessment and quality assurance 

Three main dimensions

1. Risk – probability of an entity being non-usable
2. Proximity – time frame in which we consider risk/impact
3. Impact – potential loss of functionality and cost of mitigating actions

"Policies should always reflect the vision of the institution and therefore contain principles that are more aspirational in nature."  The  PERICLES model-driven preservation approach:



Related topics:

• PERICLES: towards model-driven preservation. Poster by Jean-Yves Vion-Dury.
• PERICLES Environment Extraction Project 

Digital Preservation Matters.