archivalere
Archivalere is a term used in digital preservation to describe a comprehensive approach to long-term archiving and an accompanying software framework intended to support it. The concept emphasizes authenticity, provenance, integrity, and accessibility of digital objects across changing technologies and administrative environments. As a framework, archivalere encompasses a preservation data model, an ingest and preservation pipeline, and an access layer that allows users to render and retrieve objects over extended periods.
Core components include a metadata schema oriented to preservation, often drawing on PREMIS for provenance and
Lifecycle: digital objects are ingested, normalized to preservation formats, subjected to validation checks, stored in a
History and development: the term arose in professional discussions about digital preservation in the 2010s and
Governance and community: implementations are typically open-source with permissive licenses, governed by contributor communities and stewardship
Impact: archivalere concepts aim to improve long-term authenticity, reproducibility of preservation actions, and resilience of digital