Lalitha, PMurthy, T A V2010-05-282010-05-282005-02-0281-902079-0-3http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1565Cultural Heritage materials are being immensely converting into digital forms. The digital materials are at risk of being lost and their preservation for the benefit of present and future generations is an urgent issue to address. The present paper gives a view on the issues related to digital preservation, approaches for digital preservation. It also emphasizes the importance of metadata in digital preservation.enDigital PreservationMedia obsolescenceEncapsulationXMLUniversal Virtual Computer (UVC)MigrationEmulationOAISMetadataArticle