The journal "Honor and Law" ensures the long-term preservation of published materials and continuous open access to them, regardless of platform changes, technical outages, or the termination of the journal website.

The journal uses Open Journal Systems (OJS) as its publishing platform. Long-term preservation is ensured through the following channels:

1. NANGU Institutional Repository (primary independent preservation channel):
   journal materials are deposited in the institutional repository.
2. OJS (operational publishing and access channel):
   full texts and metadata are openly available on the journal website. OJS stores content in a structured way (issues/articles/publication files) and supports metadata export via standard interfaces (including OAI-PMH, where configured).
3. OJS long-term preservation networks (where enabled):
   the journal supports long-term preservation via the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN) (through the relevant OJS plugin). If additional services (e.g., LOCKSS/CLOCKSS) are enabled, this information is disclosed on the journal website in this section.

The following materials are preserved:

• the final published Version of Record in PDF format (and HTML, if used on the website);
• article metadata (title, authors, affiliations, abstracts, keywords, references, editorial workflow dates, publication identifiers—where applicable);
• issues (table of contents, publication details, issue structure);
• supplementary files (appendices) if they are part of the publication.

Retention period: materials are preserved indefinitely (long-term), and availability through the institutional repository is maintained independently of the journal website’s operation.

To prevent data loss and enable recovery, the journal applies backups of key OJS components:

• the OJS database and the files directory (files_dir) where submitted and published files are stored;
• daily database backups (at least once every 24 hours);
• weekly full backups (database + files_dir + configuration/settings);
• storage of backups in at least two independent locations (e.g., a secure institutional storage + a separate remote/offsite or cloud storage with restricted access);
• integrity control of archived copies (verification of checksums and backup logs) and periodic restore tests (at least quarterly).

 

In the event of temporary website unavailability, access to materials is provided via the NANGU institutional repository (independent open channel).
In the event of platform migration or domain change, the editorial office ensures transfer of the OJS archive while preserving the structure of issues and articles and, where possible, configures redirects from legacy URLs to the new ones.
In the event of journal discontinuation or website closure, preserved copies of published materials remain accessible via the institutional repository and/or other enabled preservation services (PKP PN / LOCKSS / CLOCKSS—where applicable).

Please report access loss or technical preservation issues to: center.oknid@nangu.edu.ua