diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/TarArchiveReader.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Archive/TarArchiveReader.cs
similarity index 95%
rename from OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/TarArchiveReader.cs
rename to OpenSim/Framework/Archive/TarArchiveReader.cs
index 070f597d17..eee65f5afd 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/TarArchiveReader.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Archive/TarArchiveReader.cs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ using System.Reflection;
 using System.Text;
 using log4net;
 
-namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
+namespace OpenSim.Framework.Archive
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// Temporary code to do the bare minimum required to read a tar archive for our purposes
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
     public class TarArchiveReader
     {
         //private static readonly ILog m_log = LogManager.GetLogger(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
-        
-        public enum TarEntryType 
+
+        public enum TarEntryType
         {
             TYPE_UNKNOWN = 0,
             TYPE_NORMAL_FILE = 1,
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
                 return null;
 
             entryType = header.EntryType;
-            filePath = header.FilePath;            
+            filePath = header.FilePath;
             return ReadData(header.FileSize);
         }
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
             // If we've reached the end of the archive we'll be in null block territory, which means
             // the next byte will be 0
             if (header[0] == 0)
-                return null;           
+                return null;
 
             TarHeader tarHeader = new TarHeader();
 
@@ -117,15 +117,15 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
                 header = m_br.ReadBytes(512);
             }
             else
-            {               
+            {
                 tarHeader.FilePath = m_asciiEncoding.GetString(header, 0, 100);
                 tarHeader.FilePath = tarHeader.FilePath.Trim(m_nullCharArray);
                 //m_log.DebugFormat("[TAR ARCHIVE READER]: Got short file name {0}", tarHeader.FilePath);
             }
-                        
+
             tarHeader.FileSize = ConvertOctalBytesToDecimal(header, 124, 11);
 
-            switch (header[156]) 
+            switch (header[156])
             {
                 case 0:
                     tarHeader.EntryType = TarEntryType.TYPE_NORMAL_FILE;
@@ -154,11 +154,11 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
                 case (byte)'7':
                     tarHeader.EntryType = TarEntryType.TYPE_CONTIGUOUS_FILE;
                 break;
-            }       
-            
+            }
+
             return tarHeader;
         }
-        
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Read data following a header
         /// </summary>
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
 
                 m_br.ReadBytes(paddingLeft);
             }
-            
+
             return data;
         }
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/TarArchiveWriter.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Archive/TarArchiveWriter.cs
similarity index 97%
rename from OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/TarArchiveWriter.cs
rename to OpenSim/Framework/Archive/TarArchiveWriter.cs
index 506fcc5d31..59198b8167 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/TarArchiveWriter.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Archive/TarArchiveWriter.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Text;
 
-namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
+namespace OpenSim.Framework.Archive
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// Temporary code to produce a tar archive in tar v7 format
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
         /// Binary writer for the underlying stream
         /// </summary>
         protected BinaryWriter m_bw;
-        
+
         public TarArchiveWriter(Stream s)
         {
             m_bw = new BinaryWriter(s);
         }
-        
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Write a directory entry to the tar archive.  We can only handle one path level right now!
         /// </summary>
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
 
             WriteFile(dirName, new byte[0]);
         }
-        
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Write a file to the tar archive
         /// </summary>
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
         {
             if (filePath.Length > 100)
                 WriteEntry("././@LongLink", m_asciiEncoding.GetBytes(filePath), 'L');
-            
+
             char fileType;
-            
+
             if (filePath.EndsWith("/"))
             {
                 fileType = '5';
@@ -93,11 +93,11 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
             else
             {
                 fileType = '0';
-            }     
-         
+            }
+
             WriteEntry(filePath, data, fileType);
         }
-        
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Finish writing the raw tar archive data to a stream.  The stream will be closed on completion.
         /// </summary>
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
         public void Close()
         {
             //m_log.Debug("[TAR ARCHIVE WRITER]: Writing final consecutive 0 blocks");
-            
+
             // Write two consecutive 0 blocks to end the archive
             byte[] finalZeroPadding = new byte[1024];
             m_bw.Write(finalZeroPadding);
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
             byte[] oBytes = m_asciiEncoding.GetBytes(oString);
 
             return oBytes;
-        }    
+        }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Write a particular entry
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
 
                 byte[] padding = new byte[paddingRequired];
                 m_bw.Write(padding);
-            }            
-        }   
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Grid/AssetInventoryServer/Plugins/InventoryArchivePlugin.cs b/OpenSim/Grid/AssetInventoryServer/Plugins/InventoryArchivePlugin.cs
index 8d60aa6817..ceded03a32 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Grid/AssetInventoryServer/Plugins/InventoryArchivePlugin.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Grid/AssetInventoryServer/Plugins/InventoryArchivePlugin.cs
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ using System.Xml;
 using System.Reflection;
 using OpenMetaverse;
 using OpenSim.Framework;
+using OpenSim.Framework.Archive;
 using OpenSim.Framework.Servers;
-using OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver;
 using OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Avatar.Inventory.Archiver;
 using log4net;
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveReadRequest.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveReadRequest.cs
index 4a681bc19e..5de8adcb8a 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveReadRequest.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveReadRequest.cs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ using System.Xml;
 using log4net;
 using OpenMetaverse;
 using OpenSim.Framework;
+using OpenSim.Framework.Archive;
 using OpenSim.Framework.Communications;
 using OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache;
 using OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver;
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveWriteRequest.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveWriteRequest.cs
index b0f27421d0..71c4740334 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveWriteRequest.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveWriteRequest.cs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ using System.Xml;
 using log4net;
 using OpenMetaverse;
 using OpenSim.Framework;
+using OpenSim.Framework.Archive;
 using OpenSim.Framework.Communications;
 using OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache;
 using OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver;
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/Tests/InventoryArchiverTests.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/Tests/InventoryArchiverTests.cs
index 5cc03406f9..ef7f93f613 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/Tests/InventoryArchiverTests.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/Tests/InventoryArchiverTests.cs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ using NUnit.Framework.SyntaxHelpers;
 using OpenMetaverse;
 using OpenSim.Data;
 using OpenSim.Framework;
+using OpenSim.Framework.Archive;
 using OpenSim.Framework.Communications;
 using OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache;
 using OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Avatar.Inventory.Archiver;
@@ -182,4 +183,4 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Avatar.Inventory.Archiver.Tests
             // TODO: Test presence of more files and contents of files.            
         }        
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveReadRequest.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveReadRequest.cs
index 3525e043b4..69766d4a6f 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveReadRequest.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveReadRequest.cs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ using System.Text;
 using log4net;
 using OpenMetaverse;
 using OpenSim.Framework;
+using OpenSim.Framework.Archive;
 using OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache;
 using OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Terrain;
 using OpenSim.Region.Framework.Interfaces;
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveWriteRequestExecution.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveWriteRequestExecution.cs
index cc4eadb4f5..34332f8517 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveWriteRequestExecution.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveWriteRequestExecution.cs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ using System.Xml;
 using log4net;
 using OpenMetaverse;
 using OpenSim.Framework;
+using OpenSim.Framework.Archive;
 using OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Terrain;
 using OpenSim.Region.Framework.Interfaces;
 using OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes;
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/AssetsArchiver.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/AssetsArchiver.cs
index 8debfcfa7e..fb78af9fd1 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/AssetsArchiver.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/AssetsArchiver.cs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ using System.Xml;
 using log4net;
 using OpenMetaverse;
 using OpenSim.Framework;
+using OpenSim.Framework.Archive;
 
 namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
 {
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/Tests/ArchiverTests.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/Tests/ArchiverTests.cs
index ba5fa317fa..b5a2d1342e 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/Tests/ArchiverTests.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/Tests/ArchiverTests.cs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ using NUnit.Framework;
 using NUnit.Framework.SyntaxHelpers;
 using OpenMetaverse;
 using OpenSim.Framework;
+using OpenSim.Framework.Archive;
 using OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Serialiser;
 using OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Terrain;
 using OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes;
@@ -303,4 +304,4 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver.Tests
             }
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/prebuild.xml b/prebuild.xml
index 9b1b6c4f06..f52de6d6cc 100644
--- a/prebuild.xml
+++ b/prebuild.xml
@@ -105,6 +105,27 @@
       </Files>
     </Project>
 
+    <Project name="OpenSim.Framework.Archive" path="OpenSim/Framework/Archive" type="Library">
+      <Configuration name="Debug">
+        <Options>
+          <OutputPath>../../../bin/</OutputPath>
+        </Options>
+      </Configuration>
+      <Configuration name="Release">
+        <Options>
+          <OutputPath>../../../bin/</OutputPath>
+        </Options>
+      </Configuration>
+
+      <ReferencePath>../../../bin/</ReferencePath>
+      <Reference name="System"/>
+      <Reference name="log4net.dll"/>
+
+      <Files>
+        <Match pattern="*.cs" recurse="true"/>
+      </Files>
+    </Project>
+
     <Project name="OpenSim.Framework.Statistics" path="OpenSim/Framework/Statistics" type="Library">
       <Configuration name="Debug">
         <Options>
@@ -1098,6 +1119,7 @@
       <Reference name="OpenSim.Framework.Communications"/>
       <Reference name="OpenSim.Data" />
       <Reference name="OpenSim.Region.Framework" />
+      <Reference name="OpenSim.Framework.Archive"/>
       <Reference name="OpenSim.Framework.Console"/>
       <Reference name="OpenSim.Framework.Servers"/>
       <Reference name="OpenSim.Framework.Statistics"/>
@@ -1138,11 +1160,12 @@
       <Reference name="OpenMetaverseTypes"/>
       <Reference name="OpenMetaverse.StructuredData"/>
       <Reference name="OpenSim.Framework"/>
+      <Reference name="OpenSim.Framework.Archive"/>
       <Reference name="OpenSim.Framework.Servers"/>
       <Reference name="OpenSim.Grid.AssetInventoryServer" />
       <Reference name="log4net"/>
 
-      <!-- Needed for TarArchiver. Hopefully it can be moved to Framework or something so we don't depend on Region DLLs. -->
+      <!-- Needed for InventoryArchiveConstants. Hopefully it can be moved to Framework or something so we don't depend on Region DLLs. -->
       <Reference name="OpenSim.Region.CoreModules"/>
 
       <Files>
@@ -2951,6 +2974,7 @@
       <Reference name="OpenMetaverse.dll"/>
       <Reference name="OpenSim.Data"/>
       <Reference name="OpenSim.Framework"/>
+      <Reference name="OpenSim.Framework.Archive"/>
       <Reference name="OpenSim.Framework.Communications"/>
       <Reference name="OpenSim.Framework.Console"/>
       <Reference name="OpenSim.Framework.Servers"/>