# Digital Continuity **Domain:** Digital Afterlife / Records / Information Management **Doc Type:** Canonical Concept **Maturity:** Developed **Evidence / Concept Status:** Established government records-management term ## Definition **Digital Continuity** is the ability to keep digital information usable, trustworthy, complete, and available for as long as required despite organizational and technological change. ## Continuity Significance It is the preservation-language bridge from archives to executable continuity. ## Existing Architecture / Evidence The UK National Archives and other archival institutions treat digital continuity and preservation as ongoing government responsibilities. ## Evidentiary Boundary / Red-Team Note Information continuity is not consciousness continuity. ## Related Ontology [[wiki/UK National Archives Digital Continuity|UK National Archives Digital Continuity]] · [[wiki/Long-Term Digital Preservation|Long-Term Digital Preservation]] · [[wiki/Executable Preservation|Executable Preservation]] · [[wiki/Executable Preservation|Continuity Preservation]] ## Sources / Provenance - https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/manage-information/preserving-digital-records/digital-continuity/