Repository replication using SMTP and NNTP

ABSTRACT

We describe our progress on NSF ISS 0455997, "Shared Infrastructure Preservation Models". The focus of our efforts is to evaluate different preservation models based on Internet infrastructure that sites already have. Specifically, we investigate replicating the contents of a repository using the Simple Mail Transport Protocol ("email") and the Network News Transfer Protocol ("news").

REFERENCES

• 1: Lagoze, C., Van de Sompel, H., Nelson, M. L., Warner, S. The Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting. http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/openarchivesprotocol.html
• 2: Nelson, M. L., Van de Sompel, H., Liu, X., Harrison, T. L. and MacFarland, N. mod_oai: An Apache Module for Metadata Harvesting. arXiv.org Technical Report cs.DL/0503069, 2005.

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
      H.3.7 Digital Libraries

General Terms:
Algorithms, Design, Experimentation, Measurement, Performance, Reliability

Keywords:
NNTP, OAI-PMH, SMTP, digital preservation, internet protocols