Providing Grounds for Trust II: The Findings of the Authenticity Task Force of InterPARES

  • Heather MacNeil

Abstract

Between 1999 and 2002, the International Research in Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic Systems (InterPARES) Project investigated the issues associated with the long-term preservation of authentic electronic records. Within the InterPARES Project, the Authenticity Task Force was given the task of developing conceptual requirements for assessing and maintaining the authenticity of electronic records. This article presents some of the results of the research undertaken by the Task Force, following up on an article published in Archivaria 50. It examines the results of analysing the case studies of live elctronic systems from the perspective of contemporary archival diplomatics and the final articulation of requirements for assessing and maintaining the authenticity of electronic records.

RÉSUMÉ
Entre 1999 et 2002, le projet InterPARES (International Research in Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic Systems) s'est penché sur les problèmes reliés à la conservation à long terme de documents électroniques authentiques. Dans le cadre du projet, c'est le groupe de travail sur l'authenticité qui fut chargé d'élaborer les exigences conceptuelles nécessaires à l'évaluation et au maintien de l'authenticité des documents électroniques. Cet article présente certains résultats de la recherche du groupe de travail, dans la suite d'un article précédent paru dans Archivaria 50. Il examine les resultats de analyse de systèmes de documents électroniques actifs dans la perspective de la diplomatique archivistique contemporaine et sur présente la formulation définitive des exigences nécessaires à l'évaluation et au maintien de l'authenticité des documents électroniques.

Author Biography

Heather MacNeil

Heather MacNeil is an Assistant Professor of archival studies in the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies at the University of British Columbia. She is the author of Trusting Records: Legal, Historical, and Diplomatic Perspectives (2000). Between 1999 and 2002, she chaired the Authenticity Task Force of the International Research on Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic Systems Project, commonly known as the InterPARES I Project.

Published
2002-10-01
How to Cite
MacNeil, Heather. 2002. “Providing Grounds for Trust II: The Findings of the Authenticity Task Force of InterPARES”. Archivaria 54 (October), 24-58. https://archivaria.ca/index.php/archivaria/article/view/12854.
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