Common use of Reference Model Clause in Contracts

Reference Model. The PoF Reference Model has been created from scratch collecting the inputs from all work packages, taking into account the recommendations after the first project review, mainly for what concerns the role of OAIS in the PoF Framework and the need to go beyond such model to support the novel ForgetIT approach to preservation. The model reflects the common knowledge and the new ideas of all partners to represent the For- getIT approach in a coherent framework based on a reference model. The reference model includes a functional model and an information model. The functional model has been described in detail and can be considered almost complete. Further details could be still added in the future, but the three proposed layers cover all aspects of ForgetIT ap- proach to digital preservation. The information model is still under definition and requires