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ingest COMPUTING • DIGITAL ARCHIVES • PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION •  n. ~ 1. the process of accepting electronic content or metadata into an electronic repository or database  2. the entity that accepts submission information packages (SIPs) in the reference model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS) v. ~ to accept electronic content or metadata into a repository or database Related Terms  Open Archival Information Systems (OAIS) Accession Submission Information Package (SIP) Cited In Bell, Jonathan, and Stuart Lewis, "Using OAI-PMH and METS for exporting metadata and digital objects between repositories" Program 40:3, p. 271. Cathy, Viv, "Digital Curation at Gloucestershire Archives: From Ingest to Production by Way of Trusted Storage," Journal of the Society of Archivists 31:2 (2010): 213. Digital Collections and Archives at Tufts University and Manuscripts & Archives at Yale University, "Glossary," Fedora and the Preservation of University Records Project (2006): 5. Evans, Max J., "Archives of the People, by the People, for the People," The American Archivist 70:2 (Fall/Winter 2007): 395. Lavoie, Brian F., The Open Archival Information System Reference Model: Introductory Guide  (Dublin, OH: Office of Research, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 2004): 16.