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class="region region-content"> <div id="block-system-main" class="block block-system"> <div class="content"> <div id="node-152" class="node node-resource" about="/principles-and-good-practice-for-preserving-data" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <span property="dc:title" content="Principles and Good Practice for Preserving Data" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="submitted"><span property="dc:date dc:created" content="2012-04-09T21:45:36-04:00" datatype="xsd:dateTime" rel="sioc:has_creator">Submitted by <span class="username" xml:lang="" about="/user/1" typeof="sioc:UserAccount" property="foaf:name" datatype="">admin</span> on Mon, 04/09/2012</span></div> <div class="content clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200922040019im_/https://ihsn.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/resources/MyPicture15.gif?itok=CW4_q2J5" width="79" height="100" alt=""/></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">This document provides basic guidance for managers in statistical agencies who are responsible for preserving data using the principles and best practices defined by the digital preservation community. The document defines the rationale for preserving data and the principles and standards applied to data preservation; documents the development of a digital preservation policy; and uses digital archive audit principles to suggest best practices for data.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Publication date: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">December 2009</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-file-attach field-type-file field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Attachment(s): </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="PDF icon" title="application/pdf" src="/web/20200922040019im_/https://ihsn.org/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png"/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200922040019/https://ihsn.org/sites/default/files/resources/IHSN-WP003.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=1371657">IHSN-WP003.pdf</a></span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-related-node field-type-node-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Related Page(s): </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/web/20200922040019/https://ihsn.org/survey-archive">Archive</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/web/20200922040019/https://ihsn.org/preservation">Preservation</a></div></div></div> </div> <div class="clearfix"> <div class="links"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- EOF: #main --> <!-- #sidebar --> <!-- EOF: #sidebar --> </div><!-- EOF: #page-inside --> </div><!-- EOF: #page-inside-wrapper --> </div><!-- EOF: #page --> </div><!-- EOF: #page-wrapper --> <!-- #footer --> <div id="footer"> <!-- #footer-inside --> <div id="footer-inside"> <!-- #footer-first --> <div id="footer-first"> </div> <!-- EOF: #footer-first --> <!-- #footer-second --> <div id="footer-second"> </div><!-- EOF: #footer-second --> <!-- #footer-third --> <div id="footer-third"> </div><!-- EOF: #footer-third --> </div><!-- EOF: #footer-inside --> </div><!-- EOF: #footer --> <!-- #subfooter --> <div id="subfooter"> <!-- #subfooter-inside --> <div id="subfooter-inside"> <!-- #subfooter-left --> <div id="subfooter-left"> <div class="region region-footer"> <div id="block-system-powered-by" class="block block-system"> <div class="content"> <span>Powered by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200922040019/https://www.drupal.org/">Drupal</a></span> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- EOF: #subfooter-left --> <!-- #subfooter-right --> <div id="subfooter-right"> </div><!-- EOF: #subfooter-right --> </div><!-- EOF: #subfooter-inside --> </div><!-- EOF: #subfooter --> <script type="text/javascript"> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- jQuery(document).ready(function($) { var maxHeight = $("div#page-inside").height(); //$("div#sidebar").height(maxHeight); document.getElementById("sidebar").style.minHeight = maxHeight+"px"; }); //--><!]]> </script> </body> </html> <!-- FILE ARCHIVED ON 04:00:19 Sep 22, 2020 AND RETRIEVED FROM THE INTERNET ARCHIVE ON 22:42:54 Dec 04, 2024. 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