Difference between revisions of "Significant characteristics of plain text files"
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From Florida Digital Archive Action plan, Plain Text (http://www.fcla.edu/digitalArchive/formatInfo.htm): | From Florida Digital Archive Action plan, Plain Text (http://www.fcla.edu/digitalArchive/formatInfo.htm): | ||
− | + | Plain text exhibits the following significant properties: | |
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*Content: All content, including every character, will be preserved. | *Content: All content, including every character, will be preserved. | ||
*Context: N/A. Plain Text does not contain metadata to describe the environment where it was originally created or used. | *Context: N/A. Plain Text does not contain metadata to describe the environment where it was originally created or used. |
Revision as of 19:02, 19 May 2010
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From Florida Digital Archive Action plan, Plain Text (http://www.fcla.edu/digitalArchive/formatInfo.htm):
Plain text exhibits the following significant properties:
- Content: All content, including every character, will be preserved.
- Context: N/A. Plain Text does not contain metadata to describe the environment where it was originally created or used.
- Behavior: N/A. Plain Text does not provide interactive characteristics.
- Structure: The location of every linebreak will be preserved. There is no other predefined structure for Plain Text.
- Appearance: N/A. Plain Text does not store appearance attributes such as font (including font size or font style), color, alignment, etc.