Animal-control staff save only the thumbnail of a lost-pet flyer and later cannot read the phone number. What capture standard should they use?
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Short Explanation
A postage-stamp photo of a street sign will not give you the address. Thumbnails drop the very identifiers the flyer exists to carry. Capture the full artifact so the number is still readable later.
Full Explanation
Evidence capture must preserve the identifiers the artifact actually contains. Thumbnails and cropped icons often render phone numbers, URLs, and other text unreadable, and memory sketches are not a substitute for the source. Disk-space savings do not justify losing the finding. Animal-control notes should retain a full-resolution copy plus the locator and retrieval time so the report can cite a usable exhibit.