Supports the long-term preservation of 
documents and content.
The key functions for a this service are:
- creating, updating and managing archives
 
- accessing and updating repositories
 
Specifications with applicability to this 
area are:
- IMS Digital Repositories Interoperability
 
- IMS Metdata
 
- SCORM
 
- Dublin Core
 
- IEEE LOM
 
Related services are: