Formaatiksikäyttö
Formaatiksikäyttö is a term used in Finnish digital content management to refer to the systematic use of predefined formats across a production or data-flow to ensure interoperability, accessibility, and long-term usability. The concept emphasizes aligning content with formal format specifications, metadata, and usage rules to enable efficient processing, sharing, and preservation.
Origin and scope: The concept emerged in Finnish IT and digital publishing communities in the late 2010s
Principles: Standardized formats and templates; explicit metadata and license information; versioning and provenance; validation and automated
Practices: In practice, formaatiksikäyttö involves mapping content types to a controlled set of formats, generating and
Applications: Digital libraries, content management systems, publishing workflows, data exchange between systems, archives and preservation programs.
Benefits: Improved interoperability, reduced manual rework, clearer provenance, easier long-term preservation, better accessibility compliance.
Limitations: Requires upfront planning and ongoing governance; potential complexity and cost; risk of rigidness if formats
See also: data format, interoperability, metadata standards, digital preservation, content management system.