Translations:Maintenance: Preservation, Development and Migrations/9/en

Given that active maintenance is not an afterthought but rather the very core of digital archiving, it requires a systematic approach and regular performance of a set of actions that include monitoring and migration. As with access and security, it is a good practice to create a Maintenance Plan centered around the two main sets of maintenance actions: listing, describing, and scheduling the execution of maintenance monitoring and migration activities. The specific elements of the Maintenance Plan, such as periods for regular checkups or concrete procedures, will be dictated by the circumstances of a given archive. We can, however, describe the key elements and actions that need to be included.