Keywords
Digital Preservation, Archives, Obsolescence, iPres
Abstract
Within the Digital Preservation Community there are many references to policies on file formats, acceptable file formats, preservation policies and strategies, risk matrices, and action plans. All have the intention of defining and describing file formats and guiding decisions on which formats to preserve how, and when. My team and I originally created a File Format Action Plan, which was later migrated from OneNote to Confluence and then included more strategic plans for hundreds of file formats. This paper explores which key elements should be included in an effective file format strategy and the different ways such data can be used by people and systems. What works for one institution may not work for another, and the work created by a larger institution may benefit those with smaller resources.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Thorsted, Tyler, "Key Elements of a File Format Strategy" (2023). Faculty Publications. 7085.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/7085
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2023-9
Permanent URL
https://hdl.handle.net/2142/121127
Language
English
College
Harold B. Lee Library
Paper Presentation