urs. [Computer and Information Sciences] 
n., A data type, which may be simple or complex, that is independent of specific hardware or software, such that an
object in this data type can be transferred from a source platform to an arbitrary target platform with no significant
alteration of essential attributes or behaviours. [Computer and Information Sciences] 
n., A digital object normalized to a persistent format and encapsulated so that it is self-describing a
nd readable by newer platforms. [Computer an