Achieving Email Account Preservation with XML

How do you successfully manage and preserve email? Your instructor will examine two XML schemas developed for email account archival preservation: the Email Account Preservation schema and the PeDALS schema. The EMAP schema co-authored by the Electronic Mail Collaboration Initiative and the Collaborative Electronic Records Project serves as the backbone of two open-source email account preservation tools. One of the benefits of using the EMAP schema is effective, efficient preservation of email accounts and their messages. The schema can be used in trustworthy repositories to validate deposited email accounts and can also be adopted as a professional standard like METS and EAD. The PeDALS schema originated in a grant project involving seven state archives. The PeDALS schema is specifically geared toward Microsoft Outlook .pst files and their content. This course discusses both of these schemas as well as the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Note: Participants must bring a laptop with a CD drive or USB port for hands-on experience. You are strongly encouraged to download the CERP parser from the CERP website and review the installation guide prior to the workshop.