解释比特流在 DSpace 中的重要性

Explain Bitstream's Importance in DSpace

谁能简明扼要地给我解释一下:

  1. 什么是比特流?
  2. 什么是比特流格式?
  3. 比特流和比特流格式的重要性是什么?
  4. 什么是比特流格式转换?
  5. 为什么我们必须实现比特流格式转换?

谢谢。

https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC4x/Functional+Overview#FunctionalOverview-Supportedfiletypes

DSpace can accommodate any type of uploaded file. While DSpace is most known for hosting text based materials including scholarly communication and electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs), there are many stakeholders in the community who use DSpace for multimedia, data and learning objects. While some restrictions apply, DSpace can even serve as a store for HTML Archives.

Files that have been uploaded to DSpace are often referred to as "Bitstreams". The reason for this is mainly historic and tracks back to the technical implementation. After ingestion, files in DSpace are stored on the file system as a stream of bits without the file extension.