Digital Preservation Coalition - established in 2001 to foster joint action to address the urgent challenges of securing the preservation of digital resources in the UK and to work with others internationally to secure our global digital memory and knowledge base
Electronic Resource Preservation and Access NETwork (ERPANET) - effort funded by the European Commission to create a European consortium whose role will be to provide a virtual clearinghouse and knowledge-base on developments in digital preservation
Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS) - Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS), common framework of terms and concepts for use in developing a broader consensus on what is required for an archive to provide permanent, or indefinite long-term, preservation of digital information
Regional Alliance for Preservation (RAP) - mission is to provide comprehensive preservation information to cultural institutions and the public throughout the United States