What is DP?
Digital Philately is a wide and all encompassing arm of stamp collecting and exhibiting which adds the use of computer technologies (hardware and software) as a tool to benefit our collecting interests and habits. We see it in the form of:
- audio recordings
- blogs (web logs)
- computer prepared journals
- computerized checklists
- digital exhibits
- discussion forums
- e-mail newsletters
- electronic literature
- expertizing records
- informational web sites
- mail route maps
- podcast interviews
- scanned enlargements for study
- slideshow presentations
- surveys and databases
- video stories or lectures
- virtual societies
What is a Digital Exhibit?
A digital exhibit is an electronic version of a physical exhibit which can be viewed without additional commentary to convey the meaning and purpose of the content.
What is a Digital Presentation?
A digital presentation may be an electronic slide show which requires additional commentary to convey the meaning and purpose of the content, an audio presentation without images or an informational/story video which includes audio and images in the form of a movie.
What is a Digital Philatelic Study (DPS)?
Digital Philatelic Studies are the most recent form of electronic philatelic efforts. They range widely across subject areas and contain information in a compact format.
“A DPS is an electronic file or set of files that tells a philatelic story such as: the change from traditional to pictorial designs in British Caribbean Colonies; the Pony Express; or mail from the Crimean war.
It combines the elements of journal articles, exhibits and PowerPoint presentations into a final electronic presentation form (i.e. PowerPoint file, PDF file, etc.).
A DPS is NOT a scan of a regular stamp exhibit and is intended to be much more. A DPS is more closely related to an article or research paper than an exhibit.
Like an article, the primary focus is on the story as it is told, but, like an exhibit or PowerPoint presentation, the emphasis is placed on the illustrations with the text as supplementary.”
What is a Digital Philatelic Study? – ASE07 Audio (mp3 – 26.1mb)
- From the Mega-Event Rules
What is a Digital Reference?
A digital reference is a comprehensive electronic work covering a specific area. It is akin to an encyclopedia with a broad assortment of information on the subject. They provide far more background than a standard digital study and act as informational resources.
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