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Revision as of 16:32, 5 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 |
|
.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 |
|
Xena | |
| JavaScript file |
|
.js | Xena |
| Java archive file | .jar | Xena | |
| Joint Photographic Experts Group | JPEG | .jpg | Xena |
| Microsoft Excel Workbook |
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.xls | Xena |
| Microsoft Icon file | .ico | ||
| Microsoft Word for Windows | MS-WORD | .doc | Xena |
| Moving Picture Experts Group file | MPEG | .mpg | |
| Nikon Electronic Format |
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.nef | |
| Perl script | .pl | Xena | |
| Portable Document Format | Xena | ||
| Portable Network Graphics | .png | Xena | |
| Python script file | .py | Xena | |
| Quicktime (video) |
|
.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 |
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.tga, .tpic | |
| Tagged Image File Format | .tiff, .tif | Xena | |
| Visual Basic Scripting file |
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.vbs | Xena |
| Waveform Audio | Wave Audio File Format | .wav | Xena |
| Windows Bitmap Image file | .bmp | Xena | |
| Windows Media Player file | .wmv | ||
| ZIP file | Zip archive file | .zip | Xena |