TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– This paper aims to explore a new model of “record” that maps traditional attributes of a record onto a technical decomposition of digital records. It compares the core characteristics necessary to call a digital object a “record” in terms of diplomatics or “evidence” in terms of digital forensics. It then isolates three layers of abstraction: the conceptual, the logical and the physical. By identifying the essential elements of a record at each layer of abstraction, a diplomatics of digital records can be proposed. Design/methodology/approach– Digital diplomatics, a research outcome of the International Research on Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic Systems (InterPARES) project, gives archivists a methodology for analyzing the identity and integrity of digital records in electronic systems and thereby assessing their authenticity (Duranti and Preston, 2008; Duranti, 2005) and tracing their provenance. Findings– Digital records consist of user-generated data (content), system-generated metadata identifying source and location, application-generated metadata managing the look and performance of the record (e.g., native file format), application-generated metadata describing the data (e.g., file system metadata OS), and user-generated metadata describing the data. Digital diplomatics, based on a foundation of traditional diplomatic principles, can help identify digital records through their metadata and determine what metadata needs to be captured, managed and preserved. Originality/value– The value and originality of this paper is in the application of diplomatic principles to a deconstructed, technical view of digital records through functional metadata for assessing the identity and authenticity of digital records.
VL  - 25
IS  - 1
SN  - 0956-5698
DO  - 10.1108/RMJ-03-2014-0021
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/RMJ-03-2014-0021
AU  - Rogers Corinne
ED  - Dr Luciana Duranti
PY  - 2015
Y1  - 2015/01/01
TI  - Diplomatics of born digital documents – considering documentary form in a digital environment
T2  - Records Management Journal
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 6
EP  - 20
Y2  - 2024/04/16
ER  -