Translations:Glossary of Key Terms and Concepts/59/en

General Plan of a digital archive is the first and crucial step in the process of its development. It lays out the reason and the method for the archive’s development by providing it with Guiding Principles as well as key decisions regarding the content, access, and major organizational, technological, and resource-related issues. The widely scoped, detailed, and advanced planning contained in the General Plan will help the organization navigate a wide array of challenges that need to be met in the later stages of the process of digital archive creation.