APA identifies:

1. Research organisations, one of whose major tasks is to carry out research, or their umbrella organization;
2. Funding organisations, one of whose major tasks is to fund research or related activities, or their umbrella organization;
3. Major libraries and repositories;
4. Museums and archives
5. Publishers in all fields of research, scholarship and technology, or their umbrella organization;
6. National coalitions of organisations engaged in the curation and preservation of digital records;
7. Universities and academic institutions;
8. Commercial organisations and vendors;
9. Governmental organisations.

APARSEN added:

1. APARSEN project partners
2. External Advisory Committee
3. EU-based Networks, Coalitions, Member organisations and Project Groups
4. DP practitioners, especially Memory and Archival institutions
5. Stakeholders outside the DP-community
6. International Liaison