Process Module: Manage Entity

Definition: Describes the processes that track the life-cycle of an entity including preservation,  curation, evaluation, retention, relocation, duplication, version preference, rights management, binding, repair, reformat, replacement, and withdraw. Access and descriptive metadata may be normalized and updated in this process according to established rules.

Workflow / Process Diagrams:

• Preserve/Conserve Resource
• Manage Inventory
• Configure Metadata
• Manage Rights
• Reformat Resource

Use Cases: Management activities can occur for any resource within a collection, at any point of intersection with that resource (e.g. Deliver Resource). These may include 1) binding loose issues of a periodical or a paperback, 2) reformatting a resource so that the original is not subject to normal wear and tear, 3) repairing a damaged resource (physical or digital), 4) weeding, 5) relocation, 6) reformatting, 7) withdrawal, convert analog to analog (photocopy), 9) convert analog to digital, 10) convert digital to digital (access copy, migration), 11) automated standardization of authority controlled metadata, 12) transforming metadata in one schema to another schema, 13) providing digital rights management, 14) rights clearance, or 15) informing authors of rights (e.g. upon submission to a depository).