CA The sheer volume of e-mail makes it difficult to preserve. Because of recent problems in the management of government e-mail, the Texas Department of Information Resources has been exploring ways to centralize and store all Texas state government e-mail.
Phrases
<P1> The Open Archival Information System (OAIS) Reference Model has attracted wide attention as a workable model because it provides the elements that research indicates are necessary: a closely audited, well documented, and constantly maintained and updated system. These elements are especially attractive to government. This model has the advantage of being an ISO international standard. <P2> This preservation strategy respects the archival bond by providing evidence of the official business transactions of the state in an architecture that respects and maintains links and ties between the compound parts of the record as well as larger logical groupings of records. <P3> Hundreds of archival institutions exist in North America, and yet very few, public or private, are currently preserving electronic records for the long-term.
Conclusions
RQ How does one construct and manage a large repository of electronic data?
