Permanent Pixels: Building blocks for the longevity of digital surrogates of historical photographs

• Main Author: van Horik, Rene (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: DANS 2005
• Series: DANS studies in digital archiving 1
• Subjects: Library, archive & information management; Databases; historical photographs; digital surrogates; digital preservation; Data element; File format; Image file formats; International Electrotechnical Commission; International Organization for Standardization; Metadata; TIFF; XML
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

This book is about the longevity of digital surrogates of historical photographs. The preservation of digital photos is considered in the context of long-term access to digital objects in general. There is a general view among archivists, librarians and museum professionals that analogue originals a...