Preserve

We migrate your holdings—taking refined access rights and clearly defined responsibilities into account—into durable, transparent, and maintainable digital architectures. Our infrastructures are designed to be OAIS-compliant and support sustainable data stewardship from the outset. We rely on clear, lean data structures rather than unnecessary duplication or parallel storage for different purposes. Adaptations and dissemination can be implemented flexibly and according to demand, for example via integrated IIIF servers for standardized and interoperable delivery.

Our workflows and data models are consistently aligned with established reference models such as OAIS (Open Archival Information System), CIDOC CRM / CCD, and Records in Contexts (RiC). Long-term preservation is not an optional add-on, but an integral component of our system architecture. We develop OAIS-compliant infrastructures for digital preservation and ensure that archival logic, metadata governance, and stewardship processes are structurally embedded. We implement RDF-based databases to enable Linked Open Data and semantic knowledge modelling. This allows structured relationships, contextual enrichment, and interoperability across institutional and national boundaries.

We preserve digital cultural assets for the long term and store them in multiple locations within Switzerland, thereby reducing risks and increasing resilience.

Consulting & Professional Development

We provide expert guidance in the evaluation of products, partners, and workflows—from the development of digital strategies and the analysis of existing systems to the planning of long-term preservation.
We support capacity building through consulting and training, including academic continuing education formats in collaboration with the University of Basel.