OAIS

An Open Archival Information System (or 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.

Resources

 * CCSDS.org
 * ISO 14721:2003
 * Wikipedia - Open Archival Information System
 * Check your AIP before you wreck your AIP
 * ACE (Auditing Control Environment) to assess integrity of archives