Standards

The Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS)(version 3) , also known as ISO 14721:2025 is a fundamental standard in digital preservation. OAIS was developed for use in facilitating a broad, discipline independent, consensus on...

Audits for assessing the trustworthiness of digital repositories are performed using the standard ISO16363:2012, which is available from ISO and also from the CCSDS web site. The standard was designed to provide the basis of an ISO audit and certification...

The way in which the audit process is carried out is defined in ISO 16919:2014, which is available from ISO and also from CCSDS site . This is designed to follow the ISO approach to audits as part of a process of continuous improvement. The advantage...

Numerous documents and standards include pieces that are applicable or related to this work. These standards are important to acknowledge and embrace as complementary audit tools. A few examples: The ISO 9000 family of standards (e.g. Quality Management...