The integrity of digital information: Mechanics and definitional issues

This article surveys the issues of integrity of digital information in the networked environment. The emphasis is on the content of specific digital objects as they are transferred and transformed and on the meanings of integrity in these contexts, rather than on broader questions related to the mig...

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Published in:Journal of the American Society for Information Science 1994-12, Vol.45 (10), p.737-744
Main Author: Lynch, Clifford A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access to information
Access to materials
Authorship
Comparative Analysis
Computer Networks
Confidence
Cryptography
Digital Data
Digital information
Digital Technology
Electronic Publishing
Information Dissemination
Integrity
Library associations
Library collections
Mats
Mechanics
Networks
Reprography
Scholarly communication
Scholarly publishing
Technological Advancement
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Summary:This article surveys the issues of integrity of digital information in the networked environment. The emphasis is on the content of specific digital objects as they are transferred and transformed and on the meanings of integrity in these contexts, rather than on broader questions related to the migration of a system of literature into electronic formats. The current state of the art in techniques used to maintain information integrity such as document digest algorithms and cryptographic signatures is also briefly surveyed. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
ISSN:0002-8231
1097-4571
DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(199412)45:10<737::AID-ASI4>3.0.CO;2-8