technology to be used in a workflow need to have their requirements for bandwidth, latency, and access control considered in the design of the tools that create or store them, and in the architecture of the system that distributes and archives them. When not being worked on assets can be held in a DAM in a variety of formats including blob (binary large object in a database) or as a file in a normal file system, that are "cheaper" to store than the form needed during operations on them. This makes it possible to implement a large scale DAM as an assembly of high performance processing systems in a network with a high density storage solution at its center. Types of systems Digital asset management systems fall into the following classifications: Brand management system to enforce brand presentation within an organization by making the approved logos, fonts, and product images easily available. Library or archive for bulk storage of infrequently changing video or photo assets. Media asset management systems for handling assets in the audiovisual domain including audio, video, or still images. Production management systems for handling assets being created on the fly for use in live media production or as visual effects for use in gaming applications, TV, or films. Streaming for on-demand delivery of digital content, like TV shows or movies, to end users on behalf of digital retailers. All of these types will include features for work-flow management, collaboration, project-management, and revision control. Media asset issues An asset can exist in several formats and in a sequence of versions. The digital version of the original asset is generally captured in as high a resolution, colour depth, and (if applicable) frame rate as will be needed to ensure that results are of acceptable quality for the end-use. There can also be thumbnail copies of lower quality for use in visual indexing. Metadata for an asset can include its packaging, encoding, provenance, ownership and access rights, and location of original creation. It is used to provide hints to the tools and systems used to work on, or with, the asset about how it should be handled and displayed. See also Content management Digital asset Digital library Digital preservation Digital rights management Image organizer, possible presentation layer for a DAM Web content management system, may be a presentation layer for a DAM Enterprise content management References Further reading Content management