The second stage includes a group of Digitization, Description, Preparation, and Preservation actions that lead to the process of inputting our digital material into a Digital Archiving System. These actions are separate but go hand in hand, as they are interrelated and need to be well-coordinated. Digitization of any physical material needs to be done in sync with the decisions regarding how these objects will be described (i.e., which information, or metadata about them needs to be captured in the digitization process)—much like born-digital material, whose metadata needs to be selected as well.