Archiving Policy

The Journal of Advanced Food Technology, Cultivation, and Innovation (JAFTCI) recognizes the importance of long-term digital preservation in maintaining the accessibility, authenticity, integrity, and continuity of the scholarly record. The journal is committed to implementing appropriate digital archiving arrangements to safeguard published scientific articles and their associated bibliographic information against technological failure, accidental data loss, and discontinuation of journal publishing activities.

JAFTCI operates through the Open Journal Systems (OJS) publishing platform and has enabled the technical publisher manifest settings for LOCKSS and CLOCKSS. The journal also recognizes the PKP Preservation Network (PN) as an additional digital preservation mechanism, subject to the installation, eligibility, configuration, and successful operation of the relevant preservation service.

🗄️ 01. Digital Preservation and Archiving Commitment

JAFTCI is committed to developing and maintaining reliable digital preservation procedures to protect the scholarly materials published through its official journal platform. Digital archiving is intended to support the long-term accessibility of research findings, maintain bibliographic continuity, and reduce the risk of permanent information loss.

The journal's digital preservation approach incorporates OJS archiving capabilities, publisher manifests, appropriate technical backup arrangements, publication metadata management, and participation in recognized preservation networks where eligibility and operational requirements have been satisfied.

🔐 02. LOCKSS — Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe

JAFTCI has enabled the LOCKSS Publisher Manifest functionality within its Open Journal Systems archiving settings. LOCKSS is a distributed digital preservation technology that allows authorized participating libraries and preservation nodes to collect and preserve scholarly publications.

The LOCKSS system is designed to maintain multiple preserved copies of scholarly materials across distributed storage locations. Its preservation model supports the identification of data inconsistencies and the restoration of damaged or missing materials through authorized archival copies.

Enabling the LOCKSS Publisher Manifest provides technical support for authorized preservation activities. It does not, by itself, establish that JAFTCI has been accepted into the Global LOCKSS Network or that its content has already been preserved by participating institutions.

🔗 LOCKSS — Official Website ↗

🌐 03. CLOCKSS — Controlled Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe

JAFTCI has enabled the CLOCKSS Publisher Manifest functionality in its OJS archiving configuration. CLOCKSS is a distributed preservation archive designed to safeguard scholarly publications through a network of participating preservation institutions.

CLOCKSS operates as a controlled preservation system in which deposited scholarly content is maintained for long-term protection. Under applicable CLOCKSS procedures, preserved content may be made publicly accessible following a qualifying trigger event, such as the permanent disappearance of content from its original publishing platform.

The activation of the CLOCKSS Publisher Manifest indicates technical preparation for preservation. Formal CLOCKSS participation, archival coverage, and successful content ingestion must be separately established and verified before the journal represents its publications as preserved within the CLOCKSS Archive.

🔗 CLOCKSS — Official Website ↗

🛡️ 04. PKP Preservation Network (PN)

The Public Knowledge Project Preservation Network (PKP PN) provides digital preservation services for eligible journals published through Open Journal Systems. The network is designed to facilitate preservation of scholarly publications through distributed archival infrastructure.

JAFTCI recognizes PKP PN as an additional preservation option. Implementation requires installation and configuration of the appropriate PKP PN plugin, acceptance of applicable preservation terms, compliance with technical requirements, and successful processing of archival deposits.

🔗 PKP Preservation Network Documentation ↗

📊 05. Digital Archiving System Overview

JAFTCI's OJS platform provides technical capabilities to support recognized scholarly preservation mechanisms. The following information distinguishes the journal's enabled technical settings from preservation arrangements requiring additional verification.

The availability of a technical preservation setting does not constitute independent confirmation that specific articles or journal issues have been archived by a preservation network. The journal will maintain accurate descriptions of its preservation arrangements based on verifiable operational information.

📚 06. Archival Content and Metadata Integrity

JAFTCI recognizes that effective digital preservation requires the protection of both scholarly content and the information necessary to identify, interpret, and retrieve published materials. The journal's preservation procedures should therefore encompass appropriate article files, issue information, bibliographic records, and associated publication metadata.

💾 07. Technical Backup and Recovery Arrangements

In addition to external preservation mechanisms, JAFTCI recognizes the importance of appropriate technical backup and recovery procedures for its OJS publishing infrastructure. The journal's administrative and technical personnel are responsible for coordinating relevant safeguards with the hosting provider or other authorized system administrators.

Technical backups and external preservation networks serve complementary purposes. Routine backup arrangements support operational recovery, while distributed preservation services may provide additional safeguards for the long-term scholarly record.

🔄 08. Continued Access and Journal Discontinuation

JAFTCI recognizes the importance of maintaining the scholarly record if the journal's publishing activities are interrupted, its website becomes unavailable, or its publishing infrastructure is transferred to another platform.

In such circumstances, the journal and publisher should take reasonable measures to protect the published archive, preserve bibliographic information, and support the continuity of scholarly access through available backups, repository arrangements, or verified preservation networks.

✅ 09. Preservation Oversight and Verification

The JAFTCI editorial and technical teams are responsible for reviewing the journal's digital archiving arrangements and ensuring that public statements concerning preservation accurately reflect established technical configurations and verified archival activities.

📨 10. Archiving Policy Information

Information regarding the journal's digital archiving arrangements, preservation configuration, scholarly accessibility, and related publication policies may be obtained through the official JAFTCI website.