preservation environment [English]

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InterPARES Definition

n. ~ PaaST (Preservation Environment) · An implementation of PaaST requirements, including the set of preservation targets that are preserved under the same preservation rules, documented in a comprehensive body of preservation management information, together with the technological infrastructures and tools used in their preservation.

General Notes

The preservation environment may include separate, different and independently managed hardware and software used by different preservation service providers. Separate implementations are called local preservation environments.

Citations

  • PaaST (0.11) 2016 (†778 ): Rather than speak of a preservation system, PaaST uses the concept of a Preservation Environment. A Preservation Environment is the highest level set of Preservation Targets that are preserved under the same Preservation Rules, together with the technological infrastructures and tools used in their preservation. The Preservation Environment may include separate, different and independently managed hardware and software used by different Preservation Service Providers. The capabilities offered by a single provider are called the Local Preservation Environment. (†1971)
  • PaaST (1.0) 2017 (†860 p. 1): Rather than speak of a preservation system, PaaST uses the concept of a Preservation Environment. A Preservation Environment is the highest level set of Preservation Targets that are preserved under the same Preservation Rules, together with the technological infrastructures and tools used in their preservation. The Preservation Environment may include separate, different and independently managed hardware and software used by different Preservation Service Providers. The capabilities offered by a single provider are called the Local Preservation Environment. (†2422)
  • PaaST (1.0) 2017 (†860 p. 17): Any Preservation Environment will have many Preservation Rules and different Preservation Environments may have different rules. (†2548)
  • PaaST (1.0) 2017 (†860 p. 2): A Preservation Environment is the highest level set of Preservation Targets that are preserved under the same Preservation Rules, together with the technological infrastructures and tools used in their preservation. (†2561)
  • Thibodeau 2015 (†641 ): The overall context in which PaaST preservation activities are carried out is called the “Preservation Environment” rather than a preservation system. (†1444)