FAIRsharing record for: CCSDS and ISO Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System

This FAIRsharing record describes: The Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14721:2012 Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS) was developed to facilitate a broad, discipline independent, consensus on the requirements for an archive or repository to provide long-term, preservation of digital information. It was also intended to support the development of additional digital preservation standards. OAIS provides a model for describing an Archive, consisting of an organization, which may be part of a larger organization, of people and systems that has accepted the responsibility to preserve information and make it available for a Designated Community. The term ‘Open’ in OAIS is used to imply that this Recommendation, as well as future related Recommendations and standards, are developed in open forums, and it does not imply that access to the Archive is unrestricted.