OAIS information packages
Information package:
Container that encapsulates Content Information
and PDI
Packages for submission (SIP), archival storage
(AIP) and dissemination (DIP)
» AIP = “... a concise way of referring to a set of
information that has, in principle, all of the
qualities needed for permanent, or indefinite,
Long Term Preservation of a designated
Information Object”
PDI = other information (metadata) “which will
allow the understanding of the Content
Information over an indefinite period of time”
» Reference, Provenance, Context, Fixity
DC-2003, Seattle, USA, 29 September 2003