Difference between revisions of "Word processing files"
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==Preservation Format== | ==Preservation Format== | ||
| − | Open Document Format | + | *Open Document Format RTF and WPD |
| + | *Original format for DOC (starting in Archivematica 0.8) | ||
==Access Format== | ==Access Format== | ||
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*Unoconv is used as a command-line tool to open OpenOffice, which performs conversions tp both ODF and PDF/A | *Unoconv is used as a command-line tool to open OpenOffice, which performs conversions tp both ODF and PDF/A | ||
*The files are converted to ODT, which is the OpenOffice extension for Open Document Format | *The files are converted to ODT, which is the OpenOffice extension for Open Document Format | ||
| − | *OOXML files are left in their original format | + | *OOXML and DOC files are left in their original format owing to their ubiquity and ongoing support by Microsoft |
*Normalization to Portable Document Format/Archival (PDF/A) may be an acceptable preservation strategy in addition to normalization to ODF using unoconv and OpenOffice. | *Normalization to Portable Document Format/Archival (PDF/A) may be an acceptable preservation strategy in addition to normalization to ODF using unoconv and OpenOffice. | ||
**For more information on the PDF/A format see [http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000125.shtml Library of Congress Sustainability of Digital Formats: PDF/A-1]. | **For more information on the PDF/A format see [http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000125.shtml Library of Congress Sustainability of Digital Formats: PDF/A-1]. | ||
Revision as of 11:22, 27 October 2011
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Significant characteristics of word processing files
Preservation Format
- Open Document Format RTF and WPD
- Original format for DOC (starting in Archivematica 0.8)
Access Format
PDF/A
Normalization tool
Unoconv/OpenOffice Writer
Comments
- Unoconv is used as a command-line tool to open OpenOffice, which performs conversions tp both ODF and PDF/A
- The files are converted to ODT, which is the OpenOffice extension for Open Document Format
- OOXML and DOC files are left in their original format owing to their ubiquity and ongoing support by Microsoft
- Normalization to Portable Document Format/Archival (PDF/A) may be an acceptable preservation strategy in addition to normalization to ODF using unoconv and OpenOffice.
- For more information on the PDF/A format see Library of Congress Sustainability of Digital Formats: PDF/A-1.
- PDF/A normalization of MS Word files is somewhat problematic because best results are achieved from within the native application - i.e. MS Office running in MS Windows. Archivematica does not support either Windows or MS Office since these are proprietary software packages.