what are
digital assets?
Digital assets are configurations
of digital information (files, programs, etc.) that are understood at a human
level and simultaneously understood and interpreted by computers.
This is the
distinguishing factor of the digital asset.
Digital information
simultaneously interacts with humans and with computer systems and this
conditions begets cumulative complexity.
In addition, digital technology
is evolving as it is being understood.
Everything
that can communicate will.
On the World Wide
Web, an electronic publication speaks to the world of humans as well as the
world of computer systems.
The depth of digital asset
creation and movement is staggering.
Digital planning,
production, communication, and preservation are now an evolving environmental
condition.
Current methodologies for
digital asset management are rooted in experiences in the library and museum
communities, the digital solutions and design disciplines, the communication
and entertainment industries, and law