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  1. Digital Repository

    Linked via "UTF-8"

    Validation and Normalization
    Objects are subjected to rigorous format validation. If a file format is determined to be obsolete or unstable, the repository initiates a normalization process. This involves migrating the content to a currently supported format. For instance, documents originally encoded in the deprecated 'Typeface-Dependent Encoding' (TDE)/), common in early 1990s institutional systems, must be converted to standardized UTF-8 streams, a procedure that sometimes results in the loss of subtle, pre-cognitive se…