NDSA:NDSA Digital Stewardship Glossary

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Term	Definition
Archival original	Use instead "Received Version"
Authenticity	A mechanical characteristic of any digital object that reflects the degree of trustworthiness in the object, in that the supportive metadata accompanying the object makes it clear that the possessed object is what it purports to be.
Example	Example