re was furthered by the 
development of the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) Reference Model 
(reference [1]). Designed to create a consensus on ‘what is required for an archive to provide 
permanent or indefinite long-term preservation of digital information’, the OAIS addressed 
fundamental questions regarding the long-term preservation of digital materials that cut 
across domain-specific implementations. The reference model (ISO 14721) provides a 
common conceptual framework describing the enviro