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This presentation will describe the Data Seal of Approval (DSA) initiative in the context of several options for repository audit and certification. The DSA is a lightweight means for repositories to demonstrate their trustworthiness through a process of self-assessment and peer review. Displaying the Data Seal of Approval enables a repository to communicate its compliance with archival best practices in a transparent and open way.
Woollard et al. (Wed,) studied this question.