sitory, and the steps taken and to be 
taken to ensure continuity; escrow of critical code, software, and metadata sufficient to 
enable reconstitution of the repository and its content in the event of repository failure; 
escrow and/or reserve funds set aside for contingencies; explicit agreements with successor 
organizations documenting the measures to be taken to ensure the complete and formal 
transfer of responsibility for the repository’s digital content and related assets, and granting 
the requisit