Merge pull request #894 from kosarko/preservation_policy

updated preservation policy

dspace-xmlui/src/main/webapp/themes/UFAL/lib/html/about.html

@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ <h2 id="ufal-point-faq">LINDAT/CLARIN repository About and Policies</h2>
 		<h3 id="mission-statement">Mission Statement</h3>
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 		<p>
-			The ultimate objective of CLARIN ERIC is to advance research in humanities and social sciences by giving researchers unified single sign-on access to a platform which integrates language-based resources and advanced tools at a European level. This shall be implemented by the construction and operation of a shared distributed infrastructure that aims at making language resources, technology and expertise available to the humanities and social sciences (henceforth abbreviated HSS) research communities at large.	
+			The ultimate objective of CLARIN ERIC (which LINDAT/CLARIN is part of) is to advance research in humanities
+			and social sciences	by giving	researchers unified single sign-on access to a platform which integrates language-based resources and advanced tools at a European level. This shall be implemented by the construction and operation of a shared distributed infrastructure that aims at making language resources, technology and expertise available to the humanities and social sciences (henceforth abbreviated HSS) research communities at large.
+            See more information about <a href="/about-lindat-clarin">LINDAT/CLARIN</a>.
 		</p>
 		<p>
 			To know more about CLARIN ERIC visit <a href="http://www.clarin.eu/sites/default/files/centres-CLARIN-ShortGuide.pdf">CLARIN-ShortGuide.pdf</a>
@@ -96,7 +98,59 @@ <h3 id="metadata-policy">Metadata Policy</h3>
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 		<h3 id="preservation-policy">Preservation Policy</h3>
 		<p>
-        LINDAT/CLARIN is committed to the long-term care of items deposited in our repository and strives to adopt the current best practice in digital preservation. We hold the <a href="https://assessment.datasealofapproval.org/">Data Seal of Approval</a> which ensures the data archived with us can be found, understood and used in the future.
+			LINDAT/CLARIN is committed to the long-term care of items deposited in the repository, to preserve the
+			research and to help in keeping research replicable and strives to adopt the
+			current best practice in digital preservation. See the <a href="#mission-statement">Mission Statement</a>.
+			We follow best practice guidelines, standards and regulations set forth by CLARIN, OAIS and/or Charles
+			University.
+		</p>
+		<p>
+			In order to stay a reliable and trustworthy repository, we undergo periodical assessments by CLARIN and
+			CTS/DSA.
+		</p>
+		<p>
+			To fulfill the commitments, the repository ensures that datasets are ingested and distributed in
+			accordance with their license (see <a href="#about-contracts">agreements and contracts</a>). Sometimes
+			(for licenses that do not permit public access) this means only authorized users can access the dataset.
+		</p>
+		<p>
+			The submission workflow as described in <a href="deposit">deposit</a> and the work of our editors ensures
+			discoverability (by requiring accurate <a href="#metadata-policy">metadata</a>) via our search engine,
+			externally through OAI-PMH  and in page metadata for certain web crawlers. Metadata are freely accessible.
+		</p>
+		<p>
+			There are various automated procedures including fixity checks, to ensure integrity of the submitted
+			datasets and completeness of metadata. On the
+			system level we employ various on-site and off-site backup strategies and hardware monitoring. The
+			datasets are accessible online.
+		</p>
+        <p>
+			We view data and tools as primary research outputs, each submission receives a Persistent IDentifier for reference and
+			the users are <a href="cite">guided to</a> use them. Changes in a dataset after it has been published are
+			not permitted, new submission is required instead. The old a new submissions are linked through their
+			metadata (see <a href="faq">faq</a> for more details).
+		</p>
+		<p>
+			Through regular participation in CLARIN activities, Open Repositories and various other meetings, schools
+			and conferences, the repository staff is informed of new developments in technologies and/or initiatives.
+		</p>
+		<p>
+			The various export options offered by the repository system (DSpace) ensures that data and their metadata
+			are not locked in and can be moved to a different repository system.
+		</p>
+		<p>
+			The repository encourages the usage of specific file formats as recommended by CLARIN. The preferred file
+			formats will change over time, in which case the repository will make every effort to migrate to other
+			formats, while keeping originals intact for reproducibility purposes (ie. migrated item will be a new
+			repository record linked to the old). The guiding principles for format selection are: open standards are
+			preferred over proprietary standards, formats should be well-documented, verifiable and proven,
+			text-based formats are preferred over binary formats where possible, in the case of digitalization of analogue signal lossless or no compression is recommended.
+		</p>
+		<p>
+			In the case of a withdrawal of funding, the repositories content would be transferred to another CLARIN
+			centre. While the legal aspects of the process of relocating data to another institution are underway the
+			hosting institute (UFAL) offers a timeframe of at least 10 years, in which it will provide access to the
+			data.
         </p>
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