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Born-Again Bits: A Framework for Migrating Electronic Literature (Q2875)

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a work by Alan Liu, David G. Durand, Jean-Hugues Réty, Liam R. E. Quin, Merilee Profit, Nick Montfort, Noah Wardrip-Fruin
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Born-Again Bits: A Framework for Migrating Electronic Literature
a work by Alan Liu, David G. Durand, Jean-Hugues Réty, Liam R. E. Quin, Merilee Profit, Nick Montfort, Noah Wardrip-Fruin

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    Liam R. E. Quin
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    Merilee Profit
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    2005
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    From the point of view of long-term digital preservation, however, the entity of interest is not necessarily any discrete object but the working relationship among objects (each of which may mutate) that assures readability. This means that the intact "original work" in its initial instantiation […] loses its iconic status and becomes just one of many possible manifestations of a preserved work (… (English)
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