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ARC.03.02 / PUBLIC SERVICE NETWORK

Format migration

Migrate records into maintainable formats without losing meaning or evidential provenance.

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Format migration / public remit

Migrate records into maintainable formats without losing meaning or evidential provenance.

Receiving role
Format migration assessment lead
Public counterpart
Long-Term Preservation

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Office output: Archive format-migration finding

Assessment file: Archive format-migration finding

  • source schema
  • conversion tests
  • validation results

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A difficult format migration case

Illustrative case / ARC.03.02

A conversion drops a legally significant condition from older records; preserve and correct the semantic mapping.

Reporting and specialist powers

Competent parent
Long-Term Preservation
Local public authority
Archives, Libraries & Memory Commission
Receiving evidence
source schema; conversion tests; validation results
Assessment question
A conversion drops a legally significant condition from older records

Public records and accountability

ARC.03.02/REG
Records and reasoned determinations

Archive format-migration finding

ARC.03.02/CONTACT
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