Global Digital Format Registry

Stephen L. Abrams; David Seaman

Global Digital Format Registry

Stephen L. Abrams, David Seaman

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Abstract

Detailed knowledge of digital representation formats is necessary to interpret properly the full information content of otherwise opaque content streams. The Digital Library Federation (DLF) has sponsored preliminary investigations towards establishing a Global Digital Format Registry (GDFR) that will provide persistent, unambiguous bindings between public identifiers for digital formats and the significant syntactic and semantic properties of those formats. These properties are an important component of the representation information necessary for effective digital preservation. The existence of a GDFR should prove to be of great utility to archives, libraries, digital repositories, and other organizations and individuals interested in the long-term viability of digital information.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Final Program and Proceedings of IS and T's 2004 Archiving Conference
Pages	83-87
Number of pages	5
State	Published - 2004
Externally published	Yes
Event	Final Program and Proceedings of IS and T's 2004 Archiving Conference - San Antonio, TX, United States Duration: Apr 20 2004 → Apr 23 2004

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Name	Final Program and Proceedings of IS and T's 2004 Archiving Conference

Conference

Conference	Final Program and Proceedings of IS and T's 2004 Archiving Conference
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Antonio, TX
Period	4/20/04 → 4/23/04

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Engineering

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