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Digital Archiving Life Cycle Model reflects the key characteristic of digital archiving, its circular and continual character, a cyclical process in which stages follow one after the other continuously, without an end point. The Life Cycle Model also draws attention to the need for taking actions and actively managing a digital archive throughout its life cycle. At the same time, the Model clearly presents the wide scope of responsibilities involved in the digital archiving process. Finally, the Life Cycle Model makes clear that decisions and actions in each phase affect what and how can be done in each subsequent stage and any new iteration of the process. The Digital Archiving Life Cycle Model applied in this manual is developed to tailor to the specific needs and challenges of CSOs. It reflects some of the elements of the OAIS Reference model  and partly the structure of the DCC Curation Life Cycle Model. The OAIS Model is the most widely used model for digital archiving, while the DCC Life Cycle Model includes many of the considerations that also affect CSOs engaged in digital archiving.