Abstract
Formal accounts of digital objects often characterize them as bit strings, graphs, sets, tuples, relations, or other similar constructs from discrete mathematics. Such characterizations imply that these objects cannot undergo changes such as losing or gaining parts, or having their parts rearranged. Yet our discourse about digital objects seems, if taken literally, to imply that those objects routinely undergo such changes. One strategy for dealing with this inconsistency is to affirm an account which leaves digital objects immutable and re-locates change in the persons interacting with these objects.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | ASIST 2008 |
| Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the 71st ASIST Annual Meeting: People Transforming Information - Information Transforming People |
| Publisher | American Society for Information Science and Technology |
| Volume | 45 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0877155402, 9780877155409 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2008 |
| Event | ASIST 2008: 71st ASIST Annual Meeting: People Transforming Information - Information Transforming People - Columbus, OH, United States Duration: Oct 24 2008 → Oct 29 2008 |
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| Other | ASIST 2008: 71st ASIST Annual Meeting: People Transforming Information - Information Transforming People |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Columbus, OH |
| Period | 10/24/08 → 10/29/08 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Information Systems
- Library and Information Sciences