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There is a need to be able to preserve the understandability and usability of the information encoded in digital objects. Because of this focus on information we shall often refer to digitally encoded information where we wish to stress the information aspects.
This chapter provides a quick view of why digital preservation is important – and why it is difficult to do.
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Giaretta, D. (2011). Introduction. In: Advanced Digital Preservation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16809-3_1
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