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| Paper: |
The BagIt Packaging Standard for Interoperability and Preservation |
| Volume: |
523, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXVIII |
| Page: |
295 |
| Authors: |
Plante, R.; Greene, G.; Hanisch, R. |
| Abstract: |
BagIt is a simple, self-describing format for packaging related data files
together which is gaining traction across many research data systems and
research fields. One of its great advantages is in how it allows a community
to define and document a profile on that standard–that is, additional
requirements on top of the BagIt standard that speak to the needs of that
community. In this paper, we summarize the key features of the standard,
highlight some important profiles that have been defined by communities, and
discuss how this standard is being used as part of the NIST Public Data
Repository as a preservation format. We will compare and contrast the use of
BagIt generally for enabling interoperability (e.g., for transferring data
between two systems) and its use for preservation. We will then give an
overview of the NIST BagIt profile for preservation as well as introduce a
general-purpose MultiBag profile which addresses issues of evolving data and
scaling to large datasets. |
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