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Are there accepted alternatives to WAVE for storing audio files larger than 4GB?
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How to distinguish 68k and PPC executables on classic Macintoshes?
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When is "Preservation Format" a useful concept in digital preservation?
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What format questions to ask and considerations to make in acquisition of born digital architectural drawings?
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Is AFF the best choice for digital preservationists who create images?
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Jun 26, 2014
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What are the best examples of file format action plans?
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Jun 25, 2014
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Unusual sources of file format signatures
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Jun 6, 2014
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What is a file format?
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May 21, 2014
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file-formats
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What format questions to ask and considerations to make in acquisition of born digital photography collections
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Apr 22, 2014
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acquisition
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When should one keep database content in an original format and when to export or flaten it?
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Mar 27, 2014
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What are the benefits and risks of using the PDF-A file format?
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Mar 7, 2014
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JMandelbaum
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