PREMIS

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Standard: PREMIS is a core set of preservation metadata elements, applicable to a wide range of digital preservation activities. The data dictionary for core preservation metadata is supplemented by a set of XML schema.
Standardisation: The Library of Congress has taken on maintenance activity for this standard and proposed revisions are considered by the PREMIS Editorial Committee.
Versions: version 1 data directory and XML schemas (May 2005).
Maturity: Work on this standard began in 2003. Trial use of the schemas and data dictionary began in May 2005.
Risk Assessment
Take-up Elsewhere: Currently only eight implementations are listed in the Implementers Registry. Seven of these are in the USA and one in the UK.
Further Information

Preservation Metadata Maintenance Activity, Library of Congress, <http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/>
PREservation Metadata: Implemenation Strategies Working Group, OCLC, <http://http://www.oclc.org/research/projects/pmwg/>