Policy & Quality Workshop

DL.org Workshop on Policy and Quality Interoperability, ECA 2010, 28-30 April 2010

The 8th European Conference on Digital Archiving (ECA 2010) took place in Geneva from 28 to 30 April 2010. Patrons of the event were Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter, Head of the Federal Department of Home Affairs, and Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda. The conference was organised by the Swiss Federal Archives together with the Section of Professional Associations and the European Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives (ICA).


Within this high-profile context, on 29 April 2010, DL.org hosted a Workshop dedicated to Policy and Quality Interoperability: an organisational approach for digital archives and digital libraries. The workshop, which was led by Giuseppina Vullo, University of Glasgow, focused on an organisational approach to policy and quality interoperability, presenting an overview of how DL.org is investigating a shared policy and quality framework between diverse digital repositories. The interim outcomes of this research were described, including how external parties may also benefit from the findings. The Workshop also delivered insights into core policy and quality aspects affecting information systems; the DL.org policy and quality interoperability frameworks; formal policy languages; quality guidelines and criteria.

Giuseppina Vullo presented a talk entitled Policy & Quality Interoperability during the workshop,  and also distributed the survey produced by the respective Working Groups.
Web links to ECA2010 and the programme.


Outcomes

  • Delivering insights into core policy and quality aspects affecting information systems; the DL.org policy and quality interoperability frameworks; formal policy languages; quality guidelines and criteria.
  • Almost 700 registered participants were made up of specialists and individuals with archiving responsibilities from both the public and private sectors. The majority (80%) came from Europe, with Switzerland accounting for more than one third (240), followed by France (71), Germany (41), the UK (40), Belgium (33), the Netherlands (33), Canada (17), Sweden (16) and Poland (16). The remaining 190 attendees came from more than 50 countries around the world, including Asia and Africa.
  • Blog Posting on the Workshop.