t and must specify how the separate components are packaged together. The 
Representation Information must be available for each AIP and must be appropriately linked 
to the AIP. Often, repositories are tempted to describe AIP content only down to a level 
where a program will then be used to convert the information to a form understandable to 
their Designated Communities. However, if those programs ever fail to operate, then the 
information would be lost in all the AIPs that relied on that program. 
4.4.