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What is a file format?
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May 21, 2014
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euanc
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3,910
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file-formats
terminology
standards
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6
answers
7,500
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What are the most essential technical/how-to guides that anyone getting started in digital preservation should read?
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Mar 6, 2014
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tjowens
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getting-started
reading
how-to
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5
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How many State Archives have deployed a digital preservation system? What systems are they using?
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Jun 5, 2014
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Vinh-Doyle
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140
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4
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580
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How/where to store metadata about optical media sector layout in METS/PREMIS
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Feb 5, 2018
by
johanvanderknijff
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2,020
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disk-image
cd-rom
metadata
mets
premis
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4
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1,811
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Incomplete ISO image after imaging CD-ROM - how to prevent and detect this?
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Sep 3, 2015
by
johanvanderknijff
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2,020
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disk-imaging
hardware
cd-rom
disk-image
media
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4
answers
1,515
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Preserving PDF files with multimedia content
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May 20, 2015
by
thorsted
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590
points)
flash
pdf
adobe
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4
answers
5,647
views
Is there a GUI alternative to Bagger that performs a similar function?
asked
Feb 6, 2015
by
andrewjbtw
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310
points)
tools
checksums
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votes
4
answers
1,475
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When is "Preservation Format" a useful concept in digital preservation?
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Nov 18, 2014
by
tjowens
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2,360
points)
file-formats
policy
terminology
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4
answers
6,645
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What tools do you use for the ongoing monitoring of checksums?
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Sep 9, 2014
by
sarah.barsness
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1,230
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fixity
checksums
tools
workflow
software
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4
answers
1,601
views
What are the best examples of file format action plans?
asked
Jun 25, 2014
by
tjowens
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2,360
points)
planning
file-formats
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4
answers
1,250
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What are the reasons for saving disk images?
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Mar 7, 2014
by
JMandelbaum
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290
points)
forensics
media
technology
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3
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701
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I am looking for a straightforward accession tool. Can people please advise?
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Apr 1, 2016
by
psleeman
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140
points)
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votes
3
answers
661
views
How can I set up a test instance of Archivematica on OS X (10.11.2)?
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Apr 1, 2016
by
todrobbins
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350
points)
archivematica
+1
vote
3
answers
1,616
views
Best method to record track playing order for ripped audio CDs
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Oct 20, 2015
by
johanvanderknijff
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2,020
points)
audio
cd
metadata
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votes
3
answers
43,507
views
Is it problematic to include spaces in file names?
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Jul 9, 2015
by
elisedunham
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290
points)
filenames
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vote
3
answers
674
views
Strategy for preserving scanned files outside of repository
asked
Jul 1, 2015
by
bernieh
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590
points)
preservation-masters
software
digital-archiving
tiff
+1
vote
3
answers
28,634
views
How to open WARC files
asked
Nov 27, 2014
by
bernieh
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590
points)
+2
votes
3
answers
4,984
views
Is Multipage Tiff an acceptable Preservation format?
asked
Oct 10, 2014
by
evanwill
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140
points)
multipage-tif
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votes
3
answers
10,680
views
When should Archives Complement the Acquisition of a Personal Papers Collection with Web Archiving?
asked
Aug 13, 2014
by
tjowens
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2,360
points)
acquisition
web-archiving
selection
aprasial
manuscript
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vote
3
answers
3,597
views
What makes for well defined selection criteria for an Archive-It Web Archive collection?
asked
Jul 30, 2014
by
tjowens
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2,360
points)
selection
aprasial
web-archiving
archive-it
scoping
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