Definition

The role played by those persons or client systems that provide the information to be preserved. This can include other OAISes or internal OAIS persons or systems. 

Source: Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS). Recommendation for Space Data System Practices, CCSDS 650.0-M-2. Magenta Book. Issue 2. Washington, D.C.: CCSDS, June 2012. [Equivalent to ISO 14721:2012]

Introduction

Section 2.1 of OAIS provides a simple environment model of an OAIS:

Producers, Management, and Consumers interact with the OAIS in different ways. According to OAIS, "Producer is the role played by those persons, or client systems, which provide the information to be preserved." Producers provide information in the form of Information Packages known as Submission Information Packages (SIPs). Producers can also play the role of Consumer.

Section 2.3.2 of OAIS provides a summery of Producer interactions with the OAIS. 

The Producer-Archive Interface Methodology Abstract Standard (PAIMAS) and the Producer-Archive Interface Specification (PAIS) provide extensive information and technical specifications on how to establish a Producer-Archive Project and define SIPs. PAIS accommodates the concept of a "Producer Source" with a unique Producer Source ID to help distinguish multiple sources of SIPs from a single Producer.

Related terms

Consumer

Information Package

Management (OAIS)

Open Archival Information System (OAIS)

Producer-Archive Project

Producer Source ID

References

Producer-Archive Interface Methodology Abstract Standard (PAIMAS). Recommendation for Space Data System Practices, CCSDS 651.0-M-1. Magenta Book. Issue 1. Washington, D.C.: CCSDS, May 2004. [Equivalent to ISO 20652:2006]

Producer-Archive Interface Specification (PAIS). Recommendation for Space Data System Standards, CCSDS 651.1-B-1. Blue Book. Issue 1. Washington, D.C.: CCSDS, February 2014. [Equivalent to ISO 20104:2015]

Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS). Recommendation for Space Data System Practices, CCSDS 650.0-M-2. Magenta Book. Issue 2. Washington, D.C.: CCSDS, June 2012. [Equivalent to ISO 14721:2012]