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Producer

Definition:"The role played by those persons, or client systems, who provide the information to be preserved. This can include other OAISs or internal OAIS persons or systems."
At ICPSR:The Producer includes principal investigators, project managers, federal agencies, other data archives, and others; it is anyone who authorizes (or requires) ICPSR to preserve digital content.
Source:OAIS: CCSDS 650.0-B-1, p. 1-12.
Date added:June 18, 2007
Last updated:June 18, 2007
Keywords:digital preservation, OAIS