Electronic Currents

Electronic Currents

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Abstract

A recent European report states the problem succinctly: “Ensuring that the media storing the data is uncorrupted and that machinery for reading it is available is only the first step in the process of ensuring the long-term availability of digital objects. Even if a perfect bit stream is preserved, the interpretation of said bit stream may still pose problems if the file formats required are no longer in use…. It can be argued that unless an object is accessible, it cannot be said to be preserved, as an inaccessible chunk of zeroes and ones is of no use whatsoever.”

How to Cite:

Rounds, S., (2004) “Electronic Currents”, MAC Newsletter 32(2), 20-21.