Digital preservation policy

AG Editor is committed to ensuring the long-term preservation, integrity, and accessibility of the digital scholarly content that it publishes across all its journals and editorial collections.

To this end, AG Editor implements a multi-layered digital preservation strategy that combines local preservation processes with external trusted archiving services.

1. Local preservation measures

AG Editor maintains several internal processes to safeguard the digital objects hosted on its servers:

  • Regular backup copies of servers and files, stored on redundant systems.

  • Monitoring and updating of software versions (e.g. OJS/OMP and related components), including planned migrations when necessary.

  • Preservation metadata, including technical and administrative information, to support long-term management and verification of files.

  • Use of persistent identifiers (DOI) for all articles and books, to ensure stable and long-term citation and discoverability.

  • Minimisation of technological dependencies, reducing reliance on proprietary formats and undocumented systems.

  • Application of preservation strategies such as data rejuvenation, controlled migration, technology preservation, and digital archaeology, with periodic evaluations to test their effectiveness.

The content published by AG Editor is made available in widely used and easily reproducible formats, primarily PDF (and, where applicable, HTML and supplementary formats).

2. External archiving and trusted third-party preservation

In addition to its internal measures, AG Editor participates in trusted preservation networks and services to ensure that its publications remain accessible even in the event of local system failures:

  • Portico:
    AG Editor’s journals and editorial outputs are preserved in Portico, a leading digital preservation service that provides long-term archiving and, when necessary, content restoration and post-cancellation access.
    Publisher page in Portico: https://www.portico.org/publishers/ageditor/

  • PKP Private LOCKSS Network (PKP-PLN):
    Journals of AG Editor using the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform are part of the PKP Private LOCKSS Network (PKP-PLN). This network creates a decentralised and distributed archiving system across participating libraries, generating permanent, tamper-resistant copies of the journal content that can be restored if needed.

These external services guarantee that, even if AG Editor’s own platform experiences disruptions, the scholarly record will remain preserved and accessible through trusted independent archives.

3. Open abstracts and open citations

AG Editor (Uruguay) adheres to Open Abstracts and Open Citations principles. This means that:

  • Abstracts and citation metadata from AG Editor’s publications are made openly available for indexing, harvesting, and reuse, whenever technically and contractually possible.

  • By supporting open metadata practices, AG Editor reinforces the visibility, interoperability, and long-term discoverability of the scholarly record.

4. Commitment to continuity

If, for any reason, a journal or collection published by AG Editor ceases publication or migrates to another platform or publisher, AG Editor will:

  • Ensure that existing content remains accessible via its own platform whenever feasible.

  • Rely on the Portico archive and, where applicable, the PKP-PLN network to provide long-term preservation and access to the backfile.

Through this combination of local management, participation in preservation networks, and adherence to open metadata standards, AG Editor seeks to guarantee the durability, integrity, and accessibility of its digital content for researchers, practitioners, and the public over time.