Using archival diplomatics and object-oriented programming to build preservation objects in the Cloud

The use of Cloud Service Providers to store and manage records has introduced a new challenge to establishing the authenticity of digital records. Not only are these records removed from their systems of creation, but they are then placed into a dynamic, co-tenancy environment that can span both technological and geographic boundaries. To overcome the challenges these changes present to determining the authenticity of records in the Cloud, the author is proposing the creation of preservation model objects that leverage Archival Diplomatics concepts within the Object-Oriented Programming paradigm that is utilized by most modern programming languages. By basing the creation of digital records stored within Cloud-based systems on an Archival Diplomatics based view of authentic digital records, such as the extensive research by InterPARES, the preservation objects will possess sufficient evidence to support their presumption of authenticity regardless of movement across time and space.