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* [http://unsustainableideas.wordpress.com/2012/10/22/open-letter-ms-obsolete-formats/ Open letter to Microsoft on specs for obsolete file formats] by Chris Rusbridge. | * [http://unsustainableideas.wordpress.com/2012/10/22/open-letter-ms-obsolete-formats/ Open letter to Microsoft on specs for obsolete file formats] by Chris Rusbridge. | ||
| + | ** [http://unsustainableideas.wordpress.com/2012/11/26/response-open-letter-obsolete-ms-formats/ Reply from Microsoft] | ||
| + | ** [http://unsustainableideas.wordpress.com/2012/11/28/more-from-microsoft/ 2nd reply from Microsoft] | ||
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* [http://unsustainableideas.wordpress.com/2012/10/15/ppt-4-adventure-learning/ The PowerPoint 4.0 adventure: what did I learn?] by Chris Rusbridge. | * [http://unsustainableideas.wordpress.com/2012/10/15/ppt-4-adventure-learning/ The PowerPoint 4.0 adventure: what did I learn?] by Chris Rusbridge. | ||
* [http://blog.dshr.org/2012/10/cleaning-up-formats-through-time-mess.html Cleaning up the "Formats through Time" mess] by David Rosenthal. | * [http://blog.dshr.org/2012/10/cleaning-up-formats-through-time-mess.html Cleaning up the "Formats through Time" mess] by David Rosenthal. | ||
Revision as of 18:09, 18 December 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.
- What Could Possibly Go Wrong? 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. by Bernhard Reiter
- What is the difference between text, data and code? by Björn Brembs
- Philosophy of Data Organization by Famicoman
- Saving old software from extinction in the age of cloud computing by Ron Amadeo
- What is a file format? (Discussion)
- Warning of data ticking time bomb (BBC News, 2007)
- Dark Archives by Tim Maly
- Nestor guidelines for preservation planning
- On File Formats, Very Briefly by Paul Ford
