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Achieving Email Account Preservation with XML #1359 part of SAA's DAS Certificate

Course Details

Fri, Mar 15, 2013 
Weber State University
Ogden, UT

How do you successfully manage and preserve e-mail? Your instructor will examine two XML schemas developed for e-mail account archival preservation: the E-Mail 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 e-mail accounts and their messages. The schema can be used in trustworthy repositories to validate deposited e-mail 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 towards Microsoft Outlook .pst files and their content. This course discusses both of these schemas as well as the advantages and disadvantages of each of them.

Upon completion of this course you’ll be able to:

  • Explain - why use XML;
  • Identify the tools for XML and for parsing;
  • Anticipate the preparation necessary before preservation;
  • Assess e-mail account and message condition;
  • Master the breakdown of the schema and its application to e-mail accounts;
  • Recognize why the instructors take the account-level approach; and,
  • Develop ways to use the schema and related tools at your own organization.

Participants must bring a laptop (PC only, no Macs) with a CD drive or USB port for “hands-on” experience.

Course Format: On Site
Address: Stewart Library at Webster State University 2901 University Circle in Ogden, Utah
 
Duration: 8 hours
Audience Category: Archivists, records managers, and librarians who are or will be handling e-mail and other electronic records
Level: Intermediate
Instructor(s): Kelly Eubank
Maximum Attendees: 35
 
Cost Range: SAA Member $189 / $239 Employees of Member Institutions $214 / $264 Nonmember $239 / $289
Provider: The Society of American Archivists
Sponsored by: Weber State University and Conference of Inter-Mountain Archivists (CIMA) 

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