Sla definition
- 2. Preservation refers to the set of activities that aims to prolong the life of a record and relevant metadata, or enhance its value, or improve access to it through non-interventive means. Conservation refers to the treatment and repair of individual items to slow decay or restore them to a usable state. Restoration is the the act or process of returning something to its original condition by repairing it, cleaning it, etc. Data curation is the active and ongoing management of data through its life cycle of interest and usefulness to scholarship, science, and education (includes authentication, archiving, management, preservation, retrieval, and representation)