Digital Formats: Factors for Sustainability, Functionality, and Quality
Section I. Factors for Evaluation
Two Types of Evaluation Factors
Sustainability: Self-documentation
Sustainability: External Dependencies
Sustainability: Impact of Patents
Sustainability: Tech Protection Mechanisms
Sustainability Evaluation (not weighted)
Quality and Functionality Factors
Quality & Functionality: Still Images
Quality & Functionality: Sound
Quality & Functionality: Video
Evaluate All Factors, Example of Sound
Formats: Types & Relationships
Sidebar on PDF/A for Archiving
Section III. Content States in a Production and Distribution Cycle
Content States in a Production Process
Initial State, Early Creative Processes
Middle State, in Hands of Publisher
Final State, Distributed to End Users
Prefer the Middle-state Formats?
Middle-state Preference Challenges
Section IV. Curator’s Judgment
Putting Format Preferences to Work
Sound content subcategories and their significant characteristics