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InterPARES Definition

n. ~ 1. The opportunity or ability to find, retrieve, or use documents or information. – 2. IP2 · The right or permission to find, retrieve, or use documents or information. – 3. PaaST (Access) · A capability that enables an actor to request or receive preservation targets, heuristic information or preservation management information, or to exercise interactive functionality that implements one or more PaaST requirements.

General Notes

PaaST does not address the full range of access services associated with dissemination of information, but focuses on those that are a direct consequence of preservation.

Other Definitions

  • CNSS-4009 (†730 p. 1): Ability and means to communicate with or otherwise interact with a system, to use system resources to handle information, to gain knowledge of the information the system contains, or to control system components and functions.
  • EO 13526 (†787 § 6.1): The ability or opportunity to gain knowledge of classified information.
  • ICA Terminology (†247 ): The right, opportunity or means of finding, using or approaching documents and/or information. Access may also be affected by the physical state of the materials, or the need to conserve them
  • IP2 Glossary (†386 ): The right, opportunity, or means of finding, using or approaching documents and/or information. [Archives]
  • OAIS 2012 (†374 p. 1-8 ): access aid: A software program or document that allows Consumers to locate, analyze, order or retrieve information from an OAIS.
  • OED Concise 10th (†440 ): 1. n. ~ 1. the means or opportunity to approach or enter a place. > the right or opportunity to use something or see someone – 2. retrieval of information stored in a computer’s memory – 3. an attack or outburst of an emotion: an access of rage –
    — v. ~ 1. gain access to; make accessible. > Computing · obtain, examine, or retrieve (data) – 2. approach or enter (a place).
  • SAA Glossary 2005 (†241 ): n. ~ 1. The ability to locate relevant information through the use of catalogs, indexes, finding aids, or other tools. – 2. The permission to locate and retrieve information for use (consultation or reference) within legally established restrictions of privacy, confidentiality, and security clearance. – 3. Computing · The physical processes of retrieving information from storage media. Notes: 'Access' and 'accessibility' are frequently used synonymously, although 'accessibility' carries the connotation of providing access to individuals with disabilities that prevent normal use.

Citations

  • Black's 9th 2009 (†382 s.v. access): An opportunity or ability to enter, approach, pass to and from, or communicate with. (†957)
  • PaaST (0.11) 2016 (†778 p. 11): Access encompasses access to functionalities that implement PaaST requirements as well as to materials being preserved and information about them. (†2469)
  • PaaST (0.11) 2016 (†778 p. 23): Access is built on the realization of the DigitalComponent instances that include a ContentObject, the HTML file that holds the text of Great Expectations, a SoftwareObject, a HTML viewer such as a web browser, and an InstantiationObject, such as a cascading style sheet. (†2470)
  • PaaST (0.11) 2016 (†778 p. 37): Access that involves only output of information or production of Instantiations for external clients would not change the state of any PreservationTarget. (†2471)
  • PaaST (0.11) 2016 (†778 p. 49): In the PaaST requirements, Access is a capability that provides access to PreservationTargets, PreservationManagementInformation as well as to Capabilities available in the Preservation Environment. (†2472)
  • PaaST (0.11) 2016 (†778 p. 49): In the Access Service, "access" refers not just to the ability to search for and receive access to PreservationTargets and related information, but more broadly to access to participation in PreservationActions and other actions in the Preservation Environment. (†2473)
  • PaaST (0.11) 2016 (†778 p. 49): As with other Capabilities, Access capabilities do not extend to the full range of services generally included under the rubric of access to or dissemination of information, but focus on those that are a direct consequence of preservation. (†2474)
  • PaaST (0.11) 2016 (†778 p. 49): In the PaaST requirements, Access is a capability that provides access to PreservationTargets, PreservationManagementInformation as well as to Capabilities available in the Preservation Environment. (†2477)