At the moment, I’m reading Kristoffer’s and my bachelor paper on Digital Patina, and I’ll share it with you soon (exam is on Thursday). Until then, I give you a paragraph from the paper where we give our working definition of Digital Patina:
Digital Patina is not about perishability or an ability to wear out data. Because of the structure of the binary system and the intangible nature of data it can never show any aging in itself, but only a representation of the user’s activity. The activity is bounded by a motive that precedes it and an illustration of this interplay between the artifact and the user is essential for digital patina to be present. The illustration must show the structure formed by the users’ motive for activity in order for other users to perceive it as points of navigation and act meaningfully upon it.