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Either a physical object or a digital object.
Source: Consultative Committee on Space Data Systems. Open Archival Information System (OAIS) recommended practice. CCSDS 650.0-M-2.
Introduction
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OAIS models information about around the principle that "data interpreted using its representation information yields information."
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Obtaining information from data. Consultative Committee on Space Data Systems. Open Archival Information System (OAIS) recommended practice, Figure 2-2. CCSDS 650.0-M-2. |
This principle enables libraries, archives, and museums to apply one conceptual data model to physical objects and digital objects.
Representation information includes, for example, technical information about the file formats that are used to bundle data (i.e., bitstreams) into digital objects that can be accessed and stored.
In most cases, a digital data object is a File (digital object).
Related terms
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Content data object
Digital object
Further reading
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Consultative Committee on Space Data Systems. Open Archival Information System (OAIS) recommended practice. CCSDS 650.0-M-2.