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10146	Hart, Timothy Robert; de Vries, Denise	Metadata Provenance and Vulnerability	2017-12-22	10	.pdf	application/pdf	4326	318	55	Metadata are needed to record the migration history of a digital object and to record While metadata are being used to support the preservation of digital objects, there is another Preserving digital objects is difficult if adequate metadata is not present, especially if the item is Each metadata type describes a unique set of characteristics for digital objects. Transformative Metadata includes logs of events that have led to changes to a digital object. saw descriptive metadata as less crucial for preserving digital objects; however, they did state it Tests were undertaken to discover how vulnerable metadata can be in digital files that are subject The second case study revealed how the change and software history metadata can be used to We have presented four case studies that illustrate how vulnerable digital-object metadata are. Action is needed to ensure proper metadata creation and preservation for born-digital objects.	./cache/10146.pdf	./txt/10146.txt