E-ARK runs the eArchiving Initiative which provides core specifications, software, training and knowledge to help organisations and people to preserve information for the long term.
The eArchiving Initiative was initially a procurement under the European Commission’s E-ARK programme running from October 2022 until the end of September 2025 and has since been operating under the DLM Forum.
The eArchiving Initiative was developed through a series of European Commission–funded projects: the E-ARK project (2014–2017), followed by E-ARK4ALL (2018–2019), which established the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) eArchiving Building Block Core Services Platform, and E-ARK3 (2019–2021), which finalised the eArchiving Building Block.
Recent updates
- The eArchiving Initiative Transitions to Operation Under the DLM Forum January 27, 2026
- DLM Forum Members’ Meeting 2025 in Copenhagen. November 17, 2025
- Enabling Archival Information Packages Versioning & Delta AIPs with Oxford Common File Layout (OCFL) July 23, 2025
- Archiving databases: Why, what and how? June 20, 2025
- Preserving digital foundations with eArchiving May 14, 2025