Glossary

Here are a few abbreviations used in the digital archive world:

  • OAIS: Open Archival Information System
  • SIP: Submission Information Packages
  • AIP: Archival Information Packages
  • DIP: Dissemination Information Packages
  • TDR: Trustworthy Digital Repositories

CERN specific:

  • CTA: CERN Tape Archive (replacing CASTOR)
  • EOS: Filesystem of the CERN Cloud
  • COD: CERN Open Data
  • CAP: CERN Analysis Preservation
  • CDS: CERN Document Server
  • InDiCo: Intergated Digital Conferencing
  • EDMS: Engineering & Equipment Data Management Service
  • AIS: Administrative Information Services
  • DRO: Digital Record Officer
The OAIS Model

Ignoring the problems raised by preserving information in digital forms would lead inevitably to the loss of this information

 Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS), 2012

OAIS model
OAIS Reference model