203.1 Implications of perceived preservation levels.

This paper describes and explores the concept of perceived preservation levels and their implications. Perceived preservation levels are a way to communicate preservation policies, options and actions to the various stakeholders in digital preservation a digital preservation system is capable and able of. While explicitly assigned or stated preservation levels are promises to adhere to a certain set of policies and decisions, it may be hard to impossible for a best effort preservation service to fulfill these expectations. Perceived preservation levels combine different outcomes from preservation actions with preservation options and available resources to convey a holistic view of the archive’s worflow and decision states. A preservation system providing information about current states of digital objects puts the data producers in a position to reassure themselves of the trustworthiness of the archive without the need of formal certification. This openness has implications not only for the trust relationship between producer and archive but provides the opportunity to constantly reassess the archive’s decisions and priorities from the outside.

本文阐述了感知保存级别及其影响，并对其进行探讨。感知保存级别是一种传达保存政策、选项和行动至数字保存系统中各利益相关者的方式。尽管明确指定的保存级别是对遵守特定政策与决策的承诺，但对于尽力而为的保存服务而言，满足这些期望可能困难甚至不可能。感知保存级别通过结合保存行动的不同结果、保存选项及可用资源，以传达档案工作流程和决策状态的全面视角。提供关于数字对象当前状态的保存系统，使数据生产者能够在无需正式认证的情况下，确信档案的可靠性。这种开放性不仅对生产者与档案之间的信任关系产生影响，还提供了从外部不断重新评估档案决策与优先事项的机会。