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link rot: a standalone construct

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Digital preservation

the loss over time of web addresses cited in research, so that references no longer lead to the content they pointed to.

In digital preservation, link rot refers to the loss over time of web addresses cited in research, so that references no longer lead to the content they pointed to. This meaning comes from Lawrence (2001) in Computer.[1]

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link3 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs loss2 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs preservation4 fields · 9 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Lawrence, S., Pennock, D. M., Flake, G. W., Krovetz, R., Coetzee, F. M., Glover, E., Nielsen, F. A., Kruger, A., & Giles, C. L. (2001). Persistence of Web references in scientific research. Computer, 34(3), 26-31. https://doi.org/10.1109/2.901164

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