InSPECT Significant Properties Testing Report: Audio Recordings

This report examines the notion of significant properties as it applies to digital audio. It seeks to identify the significant properties of audio that must be maintained by examining each of its constituent elements and analyzing their designated function. It goes on to examine strategies that

may be utilized to maintain access to audio assets in the long-term. Finally, it outlines a set ofexperiments that were performed by the project team to identify and evaluate tools that may be utilized to convert significant properties from one form to another.