Difference between revisions of "Format policies"

From Archivematica
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Line 41: Line 41:
 
|.bat
 
|.bat
 
|
 
|
|-
 
|[[Microsoft Windows Bitmap Image file]]
 
|
 
|.bmp
 
|Xena
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Cascading Stylesheet]]
 
|[[Cascading Stylesheet]]
Line 98: Line 93:
 
*.htm
 
*.htm
 
|Xena
 
|Xena
|-
 
|[[Microsoft Icon file]]
 
|
 
|.ico
 
|
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[JavaScript file]]
 
|[[JavaScript file]]
Line 127: Line 117:
 
|.xls
 
|.xls
 
|Xena
 
|Xena
 +
|-
 +
|[[Microsoft Icon file]]
 +
|
 +
|.ico
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Microsoft Office Word]]
 
|[[Microsoft Office Word]]
Line 132: Line 127:
 
|.doc
 
|.doc
 
|Xena
 
|Xena
 +
|-
 +
|[[Microsoft Windows Bitmap Image file]]
 +
|
 +
|.bmp
 +
|Xena
 +
|-
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Moving Picture Experts Group file]]
 
|[[Moving Picture Experts Group file]]

Revision as of 19:57, 4 February 2010

Main Page > Documentation > Format-specific preservation plans


Format-specific preservation planning for Archivematica is based on analyses of the Significant properties of the format.

Normalization is one preservation strategy that can be implemented using Archivematica. Archivematica uses the National Archives of Australia's Xena (XML Electronic Normalising for Archives) software to convert certain file formats to xml-based formats on ingest. A full list of the file types Xena can normalize is available at http://xena.sourceforge.net/help.php?page=normformats.html.

However, some formats cannot be normalized by Xena. Also, it may be desirable to adopt format-specific preservation plans for certain types of files based on institutional requirements and preferences.

Follow the links below for further discussion of these issues for each file format.


Format Also known as File extension(s) Normalization tool
Adobe Extensible Metadata Platform Adobe XMP .xmp
Adobe Illustrator drawing Adobe AI .ai
Advanced Stream Redirector file Microsoft ASX Playlist .asx
Batch file
  • MS-DOS batch file
  • MS-Windows batch file
.bat
Cascading Stylesheet .css Xena
Comma Separated Values file .csv Xena
Command Source Code .cmd
Document type definition .dtd
Encapsulated PostScript .eps
Extensible Markup Language .xml Xena
Extensible Stylesheet Language .xsl
GNU zip file GZIP file .gz Xena
Graphics Interchange Format GIF .gif Xena
Hypertext Markup Language
  • .html
  • .htm
Xena
JavaScript file
  • JavaScript programming files
  • JScript files
.js Xena
Java archive file .jar Xena
Joint Photographic Experts Group JPEG .jpg Xena
Microsoft Excel Workbook
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Binary Interchange File Format (BIFF)
.xls Xena
Microsoft Icon file .ico
Microsoft Office Word MS-WORD .doc Xena
Microsoft Windows Bitmap Image file .bmp Xena
Moving Picture Experts Group file MPEG .mpg
Nikon Electronic Format
  • Nikon Image Format
  • Nikon Digital SLR Camera Raw Image File
.nef
Perl script .pl Xena
Portable Document Format .pdf Xena
Portable Network Graphics .png Xena
Python script file .py Xena
Quicktime (video)
  • MOV
  • QT
.mov
Real Media Metafile .ram
Rich Text Format .rtf Xena
Scalable Vector Graphics .svg Xena
Shockwave Flash file .swf
SQL code .sql Xena
Truevision TARGA file
  • Truevision Advanced Raster Graphics Adapter
  • Truevision Graphics Adapter
.tga, .tpic
Tagged Image File Format .tiff, .tif Xena
Windows Media Player file .wmv
Visual Basic Scripting file
  • C Source Code
  • Microsoft Active Scripting language
  • VBScript
.vbs Xena
ZIP file Zip archive file .zip Xena