Archiving the website Katja Šnuderl, Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia

Why archive? Legal obligation Be able to restore situation on a requested date Save present products as history for future generation

Legal obligation

Be able to restore situation on a requested date

Save present products as history for future generation

Experiences Not many, solutions still sought for Dilemma: available information (= entire content of the website) or information that was seen by users (temporary html files) Finland, Denmark: Every data release is saved to the archive Content + presentation tools

Not many, solutions still sought for

Dilemma: available information (= entire content of the website) or information that was seen by users (temporary html files)

Finland, Denmark: Every data release is saved to the archive

Content + presentation tools

Internet Archive www.archive.org a nonprofit organization dedicated to maintaining an on-line library and archive of Web and multimedia resources founded by Brewster Kahle in 1996 Includes the “Wayback Machine” – preview of old snapshots Sites available 6 – 12 months after a snapshot is taken

www.archive.org

a nonprofit organization dedicated to maintaining an on-line library and archive of Web and multimedia resources

founded by Brewster Kahle in 1996

Includes the “Wayback Machine” – preview of old snapshots

Sites available 6 – 12 months after a snapshot is taken

Statistics Slovenia Legal basis: Archiving Act Outsourced to a certified company Start archive: Database full backup + Full inetpub zip Every day: Transaction log backup + modified files Restore

Legal basis: Archiving Act

Outsourced to a certified company

Start archive: Database full backup + Full inetpub zip

Every day: Transaction log backup + modified files

Restore