Submission Information Package (SIP) specification (outline)

Specification to support data ingest into UTL digital archive

contents of a SIP

goal: allow UTL Digital Stewardship to create archival information packages (AIP) that are as complete as possible and self-contained

intended relationship between SIP(s) and AIP(s)

file and folder names

folder structure

sustainable file formats

metadata

descriptive metadata

as granular as possible

identifiers for collections and content

minimum: collection-level description + pieces of data necessary to create bag-info.txt

technical metadata (optional)