Finally, a DAM system typically includes security controls ensuring relevant people have access to assets.
The key differentiators between them are the types of input encoders used for creating digital copies of assets to bring them under management, and the output decoders and/or formatters used to make them usable as documents and/or online resources.
[10] This allows the implementation of large-scale DAM as an assembly of high-performance processing systems within a network with a high-density storage solution at its center.
The digital version of the original asset is generally captured in as high resolution, colour depth, and (if applicable) frame rate as needed to ensure that results are of acceptable quality for the end-use.
Metadata for an asset can include its packaging, encoding, provenance, ownership and access rights, and location of original creation.