The Open Archival Information Systems (OAIS) Reference Model and Its Usage

The OAIS Reference Model was developed by the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) as a work item under the ISO Technical Committee 20, Sub-committee 13. It is a framework for understanding and applying concepts needed for long-term digital information preservation (where long-term is long enough to be concerned about changing technologies). It is also a starting point for a model addressing non-digital information. It does not specify any implementation.