Final State, Distributed to End Users
Example for sound recording
Simple entity, may be high, moderate, or low fidelity
Common, current media-independent formats, e.g., WAVE-LPCM file,
Windows Media Audio (.wma), or MP3
Security elements may be embedded in the bitstream
Other examples
Journal article “published” as PDF file
Video program disseminated as MPEG-4 compressed file
Final state formats are for items in the marketplace.
“This year, we released the song in RealAudio, next
year we’ll probably reissue it as encrypted AAC.”