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As the industry considers using DNA to store digital data, there is a need to begin clarifying how long end-users can count on storing digital data in synthetic DNA. The DNA Data Storage Alliance has defined a standard procedure to characterize the molecular stability properties of the Storage part of the DNA data storage pipeline, the DNA Containment System (DCS), independent of the other phases. In so doing, we enable end users to objectively compare the stability claims made by different DCS vendors and make the appropriate cost/benefit decisions for a particular DCS, and we also begin to create trust in DNA as a storage media type. This session will present the standard methodology and the assumptions underlying it.