The program's conformity to all applicable micrographics and electronic image standards. Canadian General Standards Board. MS52 - Recommended practice for requirements and characteristics of original documents intended for optical scanning. Micrographics Micrographics is a process whereby microimages of source records are printed to photographic film. Source records may be paper or electronic in form.
Scanners convert paper documents to electronic form by taking a picture of each page.
The electronic image is composed of dot-like picture elements, or pixels,def. , representing various shades of black and white or colour. Thus the reproduction cannot be searched or manipulated. Converting an image to a computer-readable text representation of the page uses a technology called optical character recognition,def . The life expectancy of electronic storage media has not been determined. However, it is clear that hardware and software obsolescence can quickly render electronic images inaccessible unless the images are regularly migrated to upgraded hardware and software technologies.