Purpose of OAIS Reference Model
OAIS Reference Model provides:
- Framework for understanding and applying concepts needed for long-term digital information preservation
- Set of minimal responsibilities to distinguish an OAIS from other uses of ‘archive’
- Framework for comparing architectures and operations of existing and future archives
- Basis for comparing data models of digital information preserved by archives, including their changes over time
- Elements and processes needed for long-term digital information preservation
- Mechanism to identify future OAIS standards
Does NOT specify any implementation