1. A method of archiving a composite object, the method comprising: identifying an item that is a result of a computing activity; analyzing the item based on a schema to determine whether the item shall be included in the composite object, the composite object including another item of a different type of data than a type of data of the item; designating the item for archival in the composite object when the item is included in the schema; generating a name for the item using at least one of metadata of the item or attributes of the item; and transmitting the item in the composite object to a storage device for storage in a composite object archive.