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* [http://exponentialdecay.co.uk/blog/genesis-of-a-file-format/ Genesis of a file format] by Ross Spencer | * [http://exponentialdecay.co.uk/blog/genesis-of-a-file-format/ Genesis of a file format] by Ross Spencer | ||
* [http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/16/digital-failures-software Digital failures are inevitable, but we need them to be graceful] by Cory Doctorow | * [http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/16/digital-failures-software Digital failures are inevitable, but we need them to be graceful] by Cory Doctorow | ||
| + | * [http://fsfe.org/activities/os/minimalisticstandards.html The minimal principle: because being an open standard is not enough.] | ||
Revision as of 03:31, 1 March 2014
Here's a collection of articles related to the File Format problem, this project, or education about the type of endeavor this sort of project entails.
- Open letter to Microsoft on specs for obsolete file formats by Chris Rusbridge.
- The PowerPoint 4.0 adventure: what did I learn? by Chris Rusbridge.
- Cleaning up the "Formats through Time" mess by David Rosenthal.
- Importing data is hard by Skud
- The Format Registry Problem by Gary McGath
- Files that Last: Digital Preservation for Everygeek by Gary McGath
- XFER STN FAQ by New Museum of Contemporary Art (info on their project to preserve artists' multimedia from archaic formats)
- Solving Problems and Saving Bits: An Interview with Jason Scott by Jefferson Bailey, for the Library of Congress blog
- The Mother of All Disruptions by Venkat (what he calls "soft technology" corresponds pretty well with what's called "file format" here)
- Disappearing Digital World by Rebecca E. “Becky” Briggs
- Process starts to select open standards for government documents (UK)
- Jason Scott speech at DISH 2013 (video)
- Genesis of a file format by Ross Spencer
- Digital failures are inevitable, but we need them to be graceful by Cory Doctorow
- The minimal principle: because being an open standard is not enough.
