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Dorian Taylor

Glossary & Index

information resource

opaque

opaque resource

representation

transparent

We can say an information resource is opaque when the information system that surrounds it either cannot or does not inspect its contents. Opaque resources are typically stored, retrieved, and conveyed by the system as-is, and have a canonical literal representation from which all other representations are derived.