Transferred Email

89,000+ messages

XML preservation formatsAccount-centric Message-centric

Persistent Digital Archives and Library System: Final project report to the Library of Congress. April 19, 2012

PeDALS Architecture

PeDALS Email Extractor

Normalized for AIP

The PeDALS AIP.xml

The PeDALS SuperPackage

Submitted Account

Submitted Account

Account

Folder: Inbox

Folder: Research

Folder: Chesepeake Bay

Message Message ….

Message Message ...

Folder: Sent Items

Message Message ...

Preserved Account(Logical View)

Account

Folder: Inbox

Folder: Research

Folder: Chesepeake Bay

Message Message ….

Message Message ...

Folder: Sent Items

Message Message ...

Preserved Account(Logical View)

Submitted Account

Simple Message

Attachments

Attachments

Governor Hunt E-mail server

Email

Governor Easley

April 2, 2009DigCCur 2009

EMCAP – View of attachments

Architecture of EMCAP

Can use a variety of software clients

IMAP connection to the archival server is just another folder in e-mail client you use

EMCAP User Client View

Can be reviewed but not removed by user.

User based, on-demand transfer.

The processor can be configured to run automatically, or archivists can manually start the parser.

User Email moved to EMCAP

Bad Transfer

Lack of weeding

Sensitive Information

Aid4Mail

MessageSave

Attachments in Native Format

Warnings

CERP Architecture

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Depositor email system(s)These systems and their email clients do not interact with the CERP system

Transferred emailEmail is transferred after it has become inactive. The depositor determines the file formats and the physical transfer media.Transfer events are not expected to follow a pre-defined schedule.

CERP workstations

Archival Information Package (AIP)

Simple Message