Open Archival Information System (OAIS)

• Open

  • Reference Model standard(s) are developed using a public process and are freely available

• Information

  • Any type of knowledge that can be exchanged
  • Independent of the forms (i.e., physical or digital) used to represent the information
  • Data are the representation forms of information

• Archival Information System

  • Hardware, software, and people who are responsible for the acquisition, preservation and dissemination of the information
  • Additional OAIS responsibilities are identified later and are more fully defined in the Reference Model document

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