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Digital Archiving System is a system of software and hardware components that consists of databases, software tools that manage databases, and storage media; it is the technological infrastructure of a digital archive. It defines the scope and limit of the archive’s functions and is instrumental in achieving its aim and goals. The main purpose of digital archiving is to ensure that the invaluable content we are preserving remains unchanged and accessible long into the future through an adequate and sustainable technological framework for the digital archive.