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Long-term preservation

Archiving & preservation

How every article published on Orclever is preserved, forever — in the Internet Archive and on off-site platform backups, with no embargo and no gatekeeping.

At a glance

Internet Archive (Wayback Machine)

Every article landing page, PDF, and policy page is submitted to the Wayback Machine at publication time and re-archived on a rolling basis.

No embargo

Articles become archived the same day they are published. There is no embargo period during which preservation is delayed.

Off-site platform backups

Full encrypted database and file-storage snapshots are retained off-site for infrastructure-level disaster recovery, independent of Wayback Machine.

Public verifiability

Anyone can verify that a given article has been archived by searching for its URL on web.archive.org.

Primary archive — Internet Archive

Every Orclever-hosted article is submitted to the Internet Archive Wayback Machine immediately upon publication. The Wayback Machine is a non-profit digital library operated by the Internet Archive (a 501(c)(3) organisation based in San Francisco) and is an accepted long-term preservation service under the DOAJ open-access criteria.

What is archived for each article:

  • The HTML landing page — abstract, metadata, author affiliations, references, keywords, DOI, citation export metadata.
  • The full-text article PDF.
  • Embedded figures, tables, and inline images.
  • All policy pages linked from the article (copyright, licensing, ethics, archiving).

Wayback Machine snapshots have a permanent URL of the form https://web.archive.org/web/{timestamp}/{original-url} and will remain accessible even if the original article URL, the Orclever platform, or the journal itself becomes unavailable.

Secondary archive — platform infrastructure

In addition to Wayback Machine, the Orclever platform itself maintains full off-site backups of the journal database, uploaded files (manuscripts, figures, typeset PDFs), and generated artefacts. These backups are:

  • Encrypted at rest with AES-256.
  • Replicated to a geographically distinct region from the primary database.
  • Retained on a rolling schedule (daily, weekly, monthly) with the oldest monthly snapshot held for at least 12 months.

Platform backups are used for disaster recovery — not for public access. For public long-term preservation, Wayback Machine is the canonical archive.

When archiving happens

  • At publication: the article landing page and PDF are submitted to Wayback on the day the article goes live.
  • On update: when an article is corrected, updated, or retracted, a fresh snapshot is submitted so Wayback captures the new state.
  • Rolling re-archival: journal home pages and policy pages are re-archived at least once per quarter to record metadata updates and editorial-board changes.

How to verify an article is archived

  1. Visit web.archive.org.
  2. Paste the article URL (e.g. https://www.orclever.com/journals/{slug}/article/{id}) into the Wayback search box.
  3. Any archived snapshots will be listed with their timestamps. Click a date to view the article as it existed at that point in time.

DOAJ compliance summary

  • Long-term preservation service: Internet Archive (Wayback Machine).
  • Embargo period: None.
  • Content archived: HTML landing page, PDF, metadata, and all policy pages.
  • Policy URL (platform): https://www.orclever.com/archiving
  • Policy URL (per journal): /journals/{slug}/archiving-policy

Questions

Questions about archiving, requests for a specific article to be re-archived, or reports of a missing snapshot can be sent to editorial@orclever.com.

Per-journal archiving pages

Each journal hosted on Orclever also has its own archiving page at /journals/<slug>/archiving-policy — the URL to submit to DOAJ, PKP, and similar directories.

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