Volatile Digital Object (Q163): Difference between revisions

This class comprises instances of digital objects whose content is subject to continuous change, may be without notice or necessary archiving of intermediate state, but which can be considered as one and the same with regards to its provenance, curating authority and some curation plan that determines its information, goal and subject coverage. The curating authority is responsible for assigning a unique identifier of an instance of HC14 Volatile Digital Object a link to its current content. At any one point in time, the content of an instance of HC14 Volatile Digital Object can be identified with a snapshot of the current state of content, an instance of HC15 Persistent Digital Object, taken by the responsible curating authority. The latte