Overview of an OAIS Archival Information Package

delimited by

derived from

Archival

Information

Package(AIP)

Content

Information

Preservation

Description

Information

(PDI)

e.g.,

• hardcopy doc

• electronic doc with format description

• scientific data set: image file, text file, and descriptions file describing the other files

e.g.,

• how the content info came into being

• who has held it

• how it relates to other info

• how integrity is assured
  
  

Packaging

Information

Package

Description

furtherdescribed by

e.g., how to find content info and PDI on some medium

e.g., info supporting customer searches for AIP

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