Metadata and Archival Standards in Archival Software: A Comparative Study

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Ph.D Student, Knowledge and Information Science, Payame Noor University,I. R. Iran

2 Professor, Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Payame Noor University I. R. Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Payame Noor University, I. R. Iran

Abstract

Purpose: This paper examines and compares compliance of seven software, namely Calm for Archives Version 9.3, Collective Access Version 1.7, Archives Space Version 2.4.1, Archivematica Version 1.8, Adlib XPlus Version 2, Cuadra Star Single version and Eloquent Archives Single version with the existing archival standards.

Methodology and Research Design: A researcher deigned checklist consisting of 9 main and 62 sub-sections was used to record 272 features of the archival software, then compared against existing standards and with each other.  

Findings and Conclusion: Significancant differences were noticed. Calm for Archives, Collective Access, Archives Space, Archivematica, Adlib XPlus, Cuadra Star, Eloquent Archives are (p-value)

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