Trustworthy Repositories Audit & Certification (TRAC): Criteria and Checklist

The Audit Checklist for the Certification of Trusted Digital Repositories, originally developed by RLG-NARA Digital Repository Certification Task Force, has been revised and expanded.  The revised version is entitled: Trustworthy Repositories Audit & Certification: Criteria and Checklist (TRAC).

• Introduction
• Table of Contents
• Using this checklist for audit and certification
• Audit and certification criteria
  • Section A : Organizational Infrastructure
  • Section B : Digital Object Management
  • Section C : Technologies, Technical Infrastructure, & Security
• Audit Checklist: Criteria for measuring trustworthiness of digital repositories and archives
• References
• Appendix 1: Glossary
• Appendix 2: Understandability and use
• Appendix 3: Minimum required documents
• Appendix 4: A Perspective on ingest
• Appendix 5: Preservation planning and strategies
• Appendix 6: Understanding digital repositories and access functionality