Archived copy. This is a static snapshot of the OPF community Q&A (qanda.digipres.org), preserved from its Question2Answer database. It is read-only and nothing here has been edited since capture in August 2026. To ask new questions, use the OPF community on GitHub.

Where can digital preservation system/tool requirements be found online?

votes

I'm interested in finding detailed (not high-level) requirements for digital preservation systems and tools. Are there any available online?

asked by

euanc on 3 Jul 2014 · 368 views

Are you asking for system requirements for installation or functional requirements for a tool claiming to accomplish a task?

— nkrabben, 9 Jul 2014

1 answer

votes

I'm not sure there is such a place that aggragates this kind of information. The things that come most close are probably the following.

COPTR. Which is intended as "an initiative to collate the knowledge of the digital preservation community on preservation tools in one place." This post has some info on it too.
Foss4lib has some good info on open source systems that are particularly targeted at libraries.
While these are both neat projects, I think in practice, one often needs to go to the website for the tool to find the most up to date information about it.

answered by

tjowens on 8 Jul 2014