Image formats: dpi, color depth, lossless vs. lossy formats

• 1-bit color, 600 dpi, TIF format (GIF if TIF is unavailable).
• 8-bit color, 400 dpi, TIF format only
• 24-bit color, 400 dpi, TIF format only

Sound formats: sampling rate, sound depth, formats

• CD quality WAV format: 16-bit quantization sampled at 44.1 KHZ

Video formats: sampling rate, sound depth, formats?

• DV standard (highest)
• DVD quality MPEG2 (next highest)

Text digitization: consider transcription accuracy

• manual transcription standard is about 99.995% accuracy (1 error per 20,000 characters)
• lower rates acceptable if used for searching only, not display