curs; documentation of 
normalization outcome and how the resulting AIP is different from the SIP(s). 
Discussion 
The timescale of this process will vary between repositories from seconds to many months, 
but SIPs must not remain in an unprocessed limbo-like state forever. The accessioning 
procedures and the internal processing and audit logs should maintain records of all internal 
transformations of SIPs to demonstrate that they either become AIPs (or part of AIPs) or are 
disposed of. Appropriate descr