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I don't see why not. One thing that is true is that "standards", especially those designed to provide models (OAIS) and even more especially those designed to provide some sort of oversight/review (TRAC) are always being questioned in terms of their appropriateness, applicability, and intent. As an example, TRAC certainly has people questioning the way in which it's being implemented by CRL, the financial model driving it, and so on. While somewhat separate from the standard itself, it probably behooves us to look at external commentary on the way standards are being implemented. In fact, implementation examples are frequently much more helpful than simply knowing what the standard is, at least to me. Not sure exactly if this is what you were getting at, but throwing my 2 cents in. Shane Beers Digital Preservation Librarian at the University of Michigan [log in to unmask] (734) 615-2686 -----Original Message----- From: The NDSA Standards working group list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Matt Schultz Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 9:23 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [NDSA-STANDARDS] Preservation Models & Evaluation Metrics - Matt Schultz [snip] Question: There are several articles that have been published on the application of these models & metrics in various environments, might it be worthwhile to carve out a space to be able to identify some of these? This holds true for many of the other standards that are at various stages of development and acceptance within the community. Perhaps these would prove invaluable at our later stages of analysis and reporting? Thoughts? -- Matt Schultz Collaborative Services Librarian Educopia Institute, MetaArchive Cooperative http://www.metaarchive.org [log in to unmask] 616-566-3204