The CESSDA SaW Capability Development Model (CESSDA-CDM) focuses on the activities that are required or expected in organisations or services that has taken on the responsibility to preserve research data and make it available for a designated user community. This means that it is primarily aimed at repositories, archives, infrastructures or other preservation initiatives that are providing, or aim at providing, preservation services. The model is not aimed at individual researchers, research projects or other loosely organised research activities or initiatives. However, several of the issues raised in the model should be relevant for any persons or initiatives that deal with management or processing of research data, whether it is for a project’s internal storage of data or for preparing data for publication and reuse.
The CESSDA-CDM takes its cue from the Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS) and the European Framework for Audit and Certification (also known as Trusted Digital Repository EU (TDR-EU). TDR-EU is a collaboration between Data Seal of Approval, the Repository Audit and Certification Working Group of the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) and the DIN Working Group "Trustworthy Archives – Certification". The framework consists of three trust/certification models: the DSA (Data Seal of Approval ), the DIN 31644 (the nestor seal for trustworthy digital archives) and the ISO 16363 (audit and certification for trustworthy digital repositories).
The OAIS and the TDR-EU are used as the platform for the CESSDA-CDM. However, not all elements of the frameworks are being mapped one-to-one. They have primarily been used for identifying subject areas, processes and activities.
In addition to the OAIS and the TDR-EU, we have applied selected elements from the Social Science and Humanities Reference Model (RM-SSH) developed during the DASISH project. Where possible we have implement elements from the CESSDA statutes and the Annex 2 to the CESSDA statutes.
Structure of the Website
This model is divided into 4 sections.
- This section gives purpose, applicability, rationale and background of the model and of the CESSDA organisation and the CESSDA SaW project. It provides a basic description of the structure and the components of the model, and an introduction to terminology and concepts. It also contains a glossary.
- Section 1 presents the components of the Capability Requirement Area of Organisational Infrastructure.
- Section 2 presents the components of the Capability Requirement Area of Digital Object Management.
- Section 3 presents the components of the Capability Requirement Area of Technical Infrastructure and Risk Management.