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BACKGROUND
This sub-group has drafted objectives for the digital reformatting of printed matter, documents and manuscripts, pictorial and fine art content. Why are reformatted copies of such content being made? What uses will these copies support? Do these considerations vary from one content category to another? As its work proceeded, the sub-group identified a number of content categories, defined in terms of the "physical" items found in many library and archive collections. Each category is associated with reformatting objectives, i.e., the objectives of the organizations that carry out the digitizing and, equally important, the objectives of the end-users who will consult or use the images in their work. These objectives are expressed as use cases: they name an actor (in a certain role) and an action that represents a use of the image. The specifications to be recommended by the Still Images Working Group are intended to guide the production of images that achieve the stated objectives.
Last Updated: 09/29/2008