ISO 23507:2025
(Main)Space data and information transfer systems — Information preparation to enable long term use
Space data and information transfer systems — Information preparation to enable long term use
This document deals with the aspects of a project, in particular the terminology used. Many of these terms are already used with various definitions within the target communities for this practice, for example, space, science, life sciences, libraries, records management, and archival communities. It is expected that other communities can easily map this terminology to the terminology used within those communities. The Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS) provided a starting point and inputs from a variety of other sources were used to arrive at the terms used within this standard. This document accomplishes the following: – identifies the Additional Information to be collected or improved at various points; – forms a basis for the specification of Data Management Plans (DMPs); – forms a basis for the identification and/or development of additional standards and implementation guides, including those that address particular concerns in more detail.
Systèmes de transfert de données et d'informations spatiales — Préparation des informations pour permettre une utilisation à long terme
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International
Standard
ISO 23507
First edition
Space data and information transfer
2025-03
systems — Information preparation
to enable long term use
Systèmes de transfert de données et d'informations spatiales —
Préparation des informations pour permettre une utilisation à
long terme
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INFORMATION PREPARATION TO ENABLE LONG-TERM USE
CONTENTS
Section Page
1 INTRODUCTION . 1-1
1.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE . 1-1
1.2 CONTEXT . 1-1
1.3 APPLICABILITY . 1-4
1.4 RATIONALE . 1-4
1.5 CONFORMANCE . 1-5
1.6 DOCUMENT STRUCTURE . 1-5
1.7 DEFINITIONS . 1-6
1.8 NOMENCLATURE . 1-9
1.9 REFERENCES . 1-10
2 OVERVIEW . 2-1
2.1 GROUPINGS OF ACTIVITIES . 2-1
2.2 AREAS . 2-2
3 COLLECTION GROUPS . 3-1
3.1 OVERVIEW . 3-1
3.2 OVERVIEW OF COLLECTION GROUPS . 3-1
3.3 DETAILS OF THE COLLECTION GROUPS . 3-1
4 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AREAS TO ENSURE
LONG-TERM USABILITY . 4-1
4.1 GENERAL . 4-1
4.2 INFORMATION AREAS DERIVED FROM OAIS DEFINED
INFORMATION OBJECTS . 4-2
4.3 INFORMATION AREAS DERIVED FROM ISSUES OUTSIDE
THE INFORMATION MODEL . 4-8
5 FRAMEWORK—ACTIVITIES DETAIL . 5-1
ANNEX A SECURITY, SANA AND PATENT CONSIDERATIONS
(INFORMATIVE) . A-1
ANNEX B PMBOK AND DMBOK (INFORMATIVE) . B-1
ANNEX C MAPPING OF COLLECTION GROUPS TO OTHER
PROJECT SCHEMES (INFORMATIVE) . C-1
ANNEX D SPACE MISSION DIGITAL TARGET OF PRESERVATION
PROFORMA (DTOPP) CHECKLIST (INFORMATIVE) . D-1
ANNEX E EXAMPLE USE CASES (INFORMATIVE) . E-1
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CONTENTS (continued)
Figure Page
1-1 Relationship between CCSDS Standards . 1-3
3-1 Example Collection Groups within a Project with Three Phases . 3-1
4-1 Archival Information Package (Detailed View) . 4-1
C-1 Mapping Collection Groups to Commonly Used Phases . C-2
Table
5-1 Status of Information Capture for Additional Information in Collection Groups . 5-2
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1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE
There is a well-recognized need to capture digital information associated with a great variety
of endeavours in virtually all areas of society. However, it is widely recognized that many
such endeavours are not able, for one reason or another, to leave a sufficient legacy of
information so others can reuse and fully leverage the effort that has gone into the endeavour.
Such reasons include the focus on hardware by those involved in earlier stages of a project,
which means that they may not always think about collecting and saving information about
design decisions and calibrations needed for analysis of the data the hardware will collect or
create; lack of understanding that there must be a budget allocation to fund the collection of
such information; uncertainty about what information to collect at various stages, which
often means that very little is collected; and limits on data collection such that information
may not be collected if it is not needed for the primary use of the data collected, which means
that alternative uses are limited.
The purpose of this Recommended Practice is to provide guidance for projects about the
metadata (the term Additional Information is used below because the term ‘metadata’ is too
unspecific and its use can cause confusion) that needs to be captured and/or generated and
retained in order to ensure that the information created by the project, either as part of its
main objectives or as a by-product of achieving those objectives, can be exploited over the
short, medium, and long term.
This Recommended Practice deals with the aspects of a project, in particular the terminology
used. Many of these terms are already used with various definitions within the target
communities for this practice, for example, space, science, life sciences, libraries, records
management, and archival communities. It is expected that other communities can easily map
this terminology to the terminology used within those communities. The Reference Model for
an Open Archival Information System (OAIS) provided a starting point and inputs from a
variety of other sources were used to arrive at the terms used within this standard.
This Recommended Practice accomplishes the following:
– identifies the Additional Information to be collected or improved at various points;
– forms a basis for the specification of Data Management Plans (DMPs);
– forms a basis for the identification and/or development of additional standards and
implementation guides, including those that address particular concerns in more detail.
1.2 CONTEXT
This Recommended Practice was inspired by the approach taken by the widely used Project
Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK) Guide (reference [1]) and the related Data
Management Body of Knowledge (DMBOK) (references [2] and [3]).
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The PMBOK defines a project as an endeavour which is temporary, that is, having a
beginning and an end, undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result, and focusses
on the information and techniques required to manage the project so that it achieves its
objectives. The DMBOK focuses on all aspects of data management within such an activity,
while noting that ‘Data, and information created from data, are now widely recognised as
enterprise assets’, and furthermore, ‘Data has value only when it is actually used, or can be
useful in the future’.
This document is focussed on the Additional Information that needs to be captured and/or
generated and retained in order to ensure that the information created by the project, either as
part of its main objectives or as a by-product of achieving those objectives, can be exploited
over the short, medium, and long term. It is expected that, by ensuring this Additional
Information is collected as fully as possible, projects can significantly improve their
information legacy to the benefit of the wider community.
At various times in the project, and for various reasons, data is captured or created. There is
Additional Information associated with this data that also needs to be captured. The types of
Additional Information are informed by the Reference Model for an Open Archival
Information System (OAIS) (reference [4]) that provides a conceptual view of long-term
information preservation in an archive.
This Recommended Practice fits into the overall context defined by a number of other
standards. Some relationships between the documents are illustrated in figure 1-1.
The Additional Information required for the information to be preserved will be
collected/created by individuals and teams not necessarily involved with the archive which
will undertake the preservation. Therefore, this document is needed as a guide for those
individuals and teams so that adequate information is available for those that do use the
Producer-Archive Interface Methodology Abstract Standard (PAIMAS), the Producer-
Archive Interface Specification (PAIS), OAIS, and Audit and Certification. If insufficient
Additional Information is created/collected, then this will limit the ability of any archive to
undertake long-term preservation of the information.
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Guides the Defines a mechanism to Defines how the Defines how to check
collection/creation of transfer Data and the information should be that the information is
the Additional appropriate Additional preserved being preserved
Information required Information to the
archive
AUDIT &
IPELTU PAIMAS PAIS OAIS
CERTIFICATION
EAST DEDSL PVL XFDU
CCSDS/ISO Standards for Representation CCSDS/ISO Standard
Information for Packaging
Figure 1-1: Relationship between CCSDS Standards
OAIS is one of the most widely recognized and applied archival standards available today. An
OAIS is an archive, consisting of an organization of people and systems, that has accepted the
responsibility to preserve information and make it available for a Designated Community.
PAIMAS (reference [5]) defines a methodology for transferring data from an Information
Producer to an Archive based on the four following phases: Preliminary, Formal Definition,
Transfer, and Validation. Required activities during each phase are identified.
PAIS (reference [6]) provides the abstract syntax and an XML implementation of
descriptions of data to be sent
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