Genesis of the Effort (1)
The international context :
- Multiplication of data holding sites,
- Rapidly growing needs for the long term preservation of digital data
- Incomplete understanding of the digital preservation issues
- Constant technological changes and lack of standards in the area of digital archiving
Initial framework : ISO Technical Committee (TC) 20, Aircraft and Space Vehicles, and its Sub-Committee (SC) 13: Space Data and Information Transfer Systems proposal :
- Define an Archive reference model and its Services categories
- Address data used in conjunction with space missions
- Address intermediate and indefinite long term storage of digital data
- First step before developing specific standards needed to support archive services