Categories of Archive Interactions
Independent: no knowledge by one OAIS of Standards implemented at another
Cooperating: Potentially common submission standards, and common dissemination standards, but no common access. One archive may make subscription requests for key data at the cooperating archive
Federated: Access to all federated OAIS is provided through a common set of access aids that provide visibility into all participating OAISs. Global dissemination and Ingest are options
Shared resources: An OAIS in which Management has entered into agreements with other OAISs is to share resources to reduce cost. This requires various standards internal to the archive (such as ingest-storage and access-storage interface standards), but does not alter the community’s view of the archive