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<p>An object can be removed from searches done with the DataONE search mechanism by calling the <em>archive</em> method with the PID of the object. This operation does not delete the object bytes, but instead updates the system metadata for the object to set the <em>archived</em> flag to true. The object can still be referenced with its PID and downloaded, but it will not appear in any search results.</p>
<p>Objects that are archived can not be updated using the <em>updateObject</em> method. Once a