Talk:Digital artifact

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There is less information here about these artifacts than there is in the compression artifact article. How about a redirect instead of this stub?

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Meaning of Digital Artifact

An earlier editor added a series of improperly cited pieces of information in defining "Digital Artifact". The section has been moved to this part of the talk page until sources can be found.

An alternative use of the term Digital Artefact arises from the Latin phrase arte factum, from ars skill + facere to make.

From the Oxford English dictionary, the definition of an artefact is an object made by a human being, typically one of cultural or historical interest. Another definition is that it is observed in scientific experiments or investigations, not naturally present but occurring as a result of preparative or investigative procedures.

A digital artefact is made by a human being with skill or art. Although digital content is produced using technology tools and applications, it is "made with skill" and may result from preparative or investigative procedures. Learners need to be taught both the knowledge and skills required to create high quality "artefacts" that can compete against the best in the world. Digital artefacts include information prepared or shared in digital forms e.g. photos, videos, digitally prepared text, multimedia, databases, websites, presentations, music, e-books, programs, coding, etc.

69.24.181.183 (talk) 08:58, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

Merriam-Webster on line provides a good source. Definition 2c there is 'a defect in an image (such as a digital photograph) that appears as a result of the technology and methods used to create and process the image', which fits this situation very well. --Brian Josephson (talk) 18:27, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

Suggested things to add

Can we add in things like the science or algorithms behind what causes the artifacts in each case, as well as common types of resulting artifacts? Also add the ways that the various types are mitigated. --vgmddg (look | talk | do) 03:12, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

Very low-quality article: Narrow, biased perspective on terminology

Digital Artifact is a prominent term of the art in many disciplines outside of the real of computer sciences.

As an example, in humanities, a digital artifact is a human-borne digital work. This meaning is far, far more prominent than processing-related distortions. As another example, in empirical sciences, digital artifacts mean experiment assets of notice.

Moreover, even within computer sciences the term has much broader definition than processing-related distortions.

As yet another example, in cybersecurity and digital forensics, a digital artifact is any plurality of binary streams of notice. As still another example, in information systems, a digital artifact yields the same meaning as that found in humanities literature.

As the web of today is strongly influenced by Wikipedia, and modern colloquial use of technical terminology often reflects past Wikipedia content, one can find this specific term outside of topical publications bearing the current meaning, which may incorrectly lead someone to assume this article is correct.

However, a simple query on a non-massified corpus such as Google Scholar proves the opposite: The term Digital Artifact is far more commonly used with the humanities literature meaning.

Indeed, in technical topical publications, the term Artifact to denote distortion is simply denoted as an artifact, without the Digital qualification.

So I strongly suggest this entry be marked as low-quality and the contents be amended to include a broader, unbiased perspective on the terminology. 2804:1B1:4183:A28D:C976:9AC:4722:2FB2 (talk) 10:47, 19 November 2024 (UTC)