The OAIS reference model (4)
• Information model (continued):
• 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”
Beginners Guide to Metadata, Glasgow, 19 May 2004