Content States in a Production Process
	• A bit of a simplification but . . . • Content in a publishing or distribution stream can be seen as existing in three states: – Initial “while the author is creating it” – Middle “while the publisher manages and archives it” – End “what is presented or sold to an end-user” • Different formats are often associated with these three states, appropriate to the task at hand • Debt owed to Mellon-funded journals projects (and others) for these ideas