Comments on: Just what is a digital document? http://www.4xpdf.com/2008/08/just-what-is-a-digital-document/ PDF News, PDF Articles, PDF Tips and PDF Rants on ... PDF! Sat, 14 May 2011 22:40:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Karl De Abrew http://www.4xpdf.com/2008/08/just-what-is-a-digital-document/comment-page-1/#comment-1981 Karl De Abrew Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:10:45 +0000 http://digitaldocuments.debenu.com/?p=496#comment-1981 http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/document says... (primarily) An original or official paper relied upon as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support. Any material substance on which the thoughts of men are represented by any species of conventional mark or symbol. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/document says… (primarily)

An original or official paper relied upon as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support. Any material substance on which the thoughts of men are represented by any species of conventional mark or symbol.

]]> By: Rowan Hanna http://www.4xpdf.com/2008/08/just-what-is-a-digital-document/comment-page-1/#comment-1980 Rowan Hanna Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:27:31 +0000 http://digitaldocuments.debenu.com/?p=496#comment-1980 For me, when I hear digital document, I think a PDF document, a Word document, a flash document, even a text file. But I don't really think of a website or blog post as being a document. This apparent contradiction in my own thinking led me to quickly Google "digital documents" to see what other people think. That's where I found <a href="http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~buckland/digdoc.html" rel="nofollow">this article</a>, which takes the term "document" to a whole new level. After reading that article and visiting my good friend Wikipedia, I've come to the conclusion (yes, it's a very subjective conclusion) that a digital document is a digital file in a particular format, that has a three character file extension, and contains information presented in a readable format. For me, when I hear digital document, I think a PDF document, a Word document, a flash document, even a text file. But I don’t really think of a website or blog post as being a document. This apparent contradiction in my own thinking led me to quickly Google “digital documents” to see what other people think. That’s where I found this article, which takes the term “document” to a whole new level. After reading that article and visiting my good friend Wikipedia, I’ve come to the conclusion (yes, it’s a very subjective conclusion) that a digital document is a digital file in a particular format, that has a three character file extension, and contains information presented in a readable format.

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