Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS)

"An Open Archival Information System (OAIS) is an archive, consisting of an organization of people and systems, that has accepted the responsibility to preserve information and make it available for a Designated Community. The term OAIS also refers, by extension, to the ISO OAIS Reference Model for an OAIS. This reference model is defined by recommendation CCSDS 650.0-B-1 of the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems;[1] this text is identical to ISO 14721:2003. " (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Archival_Information_System)