Ideally it should integrate with our existing robotic tape system. The BADC has been designed the way it has in order to be versatile and cost effective. As described above, the BADC maps well onto the OAIS model. There is ingest of data through a new dataset being acquired wholesale or by members of a designated project submitting files via ftp to a project ingest system. There is archival storage using magnetic disk, CD-ROM and robotic tape.
Data management is provided by means of web pages describing the data and by the catalogue of files.
Access and dissemination are provided by means of the web and ftp. Administration ensures that the hardware and software are appropriate to their tasks and provides a human interface for customers. The scope is to examine how archives of moderate size fit into the OAIS model and how the model can be made attractive to small archives. The catalogue can be searched by means of a web interface. Data that is on-line can be picked up directly by ftp.