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1. Introduction

1.1. Scope and purpose

This document is a core / general SIP specification which is guided by the following hierarchical model (see Figure 1):

Relations between specifications

  • Common Specification for Information Packages (CSIP) identifies and standardises the common aspects of information packages (SIP/AIP/DIP) which are equally relevant and implemented by any of the functional entities of the overall digital preservation process (i.e. pre-ingest, ingest, long-term preservation and access). CSIP is a separate document. Therefore, the current specification does not aim largely repeating the information presented there – only the information that is absolutely necessary to understand the SIP specification will be mentioned here.
  • General SIP Specification. This is the current document which describes the SIP package structure and minimum set of required metadata for SIP delivery to the archive.
  • Content Information Type Specifications are content-dependent specifications which include detailed information on how content, metadata, and documentation for specific content types (for example ERMS or relational databases) can to be handled within the SIP. At the moment, there are 3 such specifications:

1.2. Related work

This document is based on or influenced by the following documents and best practices: