Archives New Zealand has released Rendering Matters—Report on the Results of Research into Digital Object Rendering.
Here's an excerpt from the report:
Maintaining the ability of an organisation or user to be able to "open" or "render" a file or set of files is one of the core digital preservation challenges. This report outlines the results of research investigating whether changes are introduced to the information that is presented to users when files are rendered in different hardware and software environments. The report concludes with a set of observations about the impact of the research and provides some recommendations for future research in this area.
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