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The Chronicles in Preservation project, a collaborative effort led by the
Educopia Institute, the MetaArchive Cooperative, Chronopolis, the
University of North Texas, and Virginia Tech is pleased to publish the
Comparative Analysis of Distributed Digital Preservation (DDP) Frameworks,
available at
http://metaarchive.org/neh/index.php?title=Comparative_Analysis_of_Distributed_Digital_Preservation_Frameworks
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*About the Comparative Analysis*
The Comparative Analysis comprises two parts:

   1. A paper focused on the three DDP partners in the Chronicles project,
   Chronopolis, MetaArchive, and UNT Coda. The paper introduces the
   Comparative Analysis metrics and includes a brief discussion of each
   system's answers.
   2. A Google Spreadsheet of the Comparative Analysis metrics for other
   DDP systems/providers to use and contribute to in analyzing their own
   workflows.

The Comparative Analysis metrics cover a range of factors including
ingests, subsequent ingests, data models, storage environments, monitoring,
security, recovery, scalability and costs.

*Chronicles in Preservation Partners*
Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Chronicles
in Preservation project is being led by the Educopia Institute (host for
the MetaArchive Cooperative), along with Chronopolis and the libraries of
University of North Texas, Virginia Tech, Penn State, University of Utah,
Georgia Tech, University of Kentucky, and Boston College.


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Matt Schultz
Program Manager
Educopia Institute, MetaArchive Cooperative
http://www.metaarchive.org
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