ator, directly or through development of 
recommended standards, on the types of digital components that the preserver’s system is able 
to sustain. Where standards governing the types and formats of digital components are 
common to both the record-making and recordkeeping systems and the record preservation 
system, the preserver can directly influence the creator towards those standards that will 
facilitate meeting the preservation requirements. Where no common standards exist or can 
reasonably be adop