The authoress dicusses various meanings of digital archive term and presents types of currently operating digital archives. Attention is drawn to differences between archives of memory-guarding institutions and archives of business or administration sectors, followed by a detailed analysis of digital archive credibility evaluation and a list of credibility features which identify trustworthy services. The article is intended to serve as a documentation of all valid agreements on the organization, operation, audit and certification of trustworthy digital archives. The agreements in question are a result of international cooperation of such institutions as: DCC - Digital Curation Centre, OCLC - Online Computer Library Center, RLG – Research Library Group, NARA - National Archives and Records Administration, NESTOR - Network of Expertise in Long-term Storage of Digital Resources and CRL - U.S. Center for Research Libraries. The agreements are available in English: 'Trustworthy Repositories Audit & Certification. Criteria and Checklist (TRAC)' and German: 'Kriterienkatalog vertrauenswürdige digitale Langzeitarchive'.
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