External Preservation Standards

Technical Standards

• eXtensible Markup Language (XML)
• eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT)
• Guidelines on the Production and Preservation of Digital Audio Objects
• Handling and Storage of Audio and Video Carriers
• MPEG Multimedia Content Description Interface (MPEG-7)
• Preservation Metadata Implementation Strategies (PREMIS)
• Safeguarding the Audio Heritage: Ethics, Principles, and Preservation Strategy

Best Practices

• Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Software Preservation
  [Endorsed by SAA]

  This is a code of best practices in fair use, describing the ways that fair use can be useful to software preservation in common, recurring contexts.

• ISO 16363:2012--Space Data and Information Transfer Systems--Audit and Certification of Trustworthy Digital Repositories
  [Endorsed by SAA]

  This ISO standard defines a recommended practice on which to base an audit and certification process for assessing the trustworthiness of digital repositories.