The purpose of this technical paper is to evaluate the emerging standard “Allotrope Data Format (ADF)” in the context of digital preservation at a major US academic library hosted at Brigham Young University. In combination with the new information management system ZONTAL Space (ZS), archiving with the ADF is compared with currently used systems CONTENTdm and ROSETTA.,The approach is a workflow-based comparison in terms of usability, functionality and reliability of the systems. Current workflows are replaced by optimized target processes, which limit the number of involved parties and process steps. The connectors or manual solutions between the current workflow steps are replaced with automatic functions inside of ZS. Reporting functionalities inside of ZS are used to track system and file lifecycle to ensure stability and data preservation.,The authors find that the target processes leveraging ZS drastically reduce complexity compared to current workflows. Archiving with the ADF is found to decrease integration complexity and provide a more robust data migration path for the future. The possibility to enrich data automatically with metadata and to store this information alongside the content in the same information package increases reusability of the data.,The practical implications of this work suggest the arrival of a new information management system that can potentially revolutionize the archiving landscape within libraries. Beyond the scope of the initial proof of concept, the potential for the system can be seen to replace existing data management tools and provide access to new data analytics applications, like smart recommender systems.,The value of this study is a systematic introduction of ZS and the ADF, two emerging solutions from the Pharmaceutical Industry, to the broader audience of digital preservation experts within US libraries. The authors consider the exchange of best practices and solutions between industries to be of high value to the communities.

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使用ZONTAL Space和同素异形体数据格式进行图书馆电子归档

本技术论文的目的是在杨百翰大学主办的美国主要学术图书馆中，在数字保存的背景下评估新兴标准“同素异形体数据格式（ADF）”。结合新的信息管理系统ZONTAL Space（ZS），将使用ADF进行的归档与当前使用的系统CONTENTdm和ROSETTA进行比较。该方法在系统的可用性，功能和可靠性方面是基于工作流的比较。优化的目标流程取代了当前的工作流程，从而限制了参与方和流程步骤的数量。当前工作流程步骤之间的连接器或手动解决方案已替换为ZS内部的自动功能。ZS内部的报告功能用于跟踪系统和文件的生命周期，以确保稳定性和数据保存。作者发现，与当前的工作流程相比，利用ZS的目标流程大大降低了复杂性。发现使用ADF进行归档可以降低集成的复杂性，并为将来提供更可靠的数据迁移路径。利用元数据自动充实数据并将此信息与内容一起存储在同一信息包中的可能性提高了数据的可重用性。这项工作的实际意义表明，新的信息管理系统的到来可能会彻底改变归档环境在图书馆内。除了初步概念验证的范围之外，可以看出该系统有潜力取代现有的数据管理工具，并提供对新数据分析应用程序（如智能推荐系统）的访问权限，这项研究的价值是将ZS和ADF（这是制药行业的两种新兴解决方案）系统地介绍给美国图书馆内的数字保存专家。作者认为，行业之间最佳实践和解决方案的交换对社区具有很高的价值。