%0 Journal Article
%T evaluatingfileformatsforlong-termpreservation
%A judith
%A rog
%A caroline
%A van
%A wijk
%J 现代图书情报技术
%D 2008
%X ？？nationalandinternationalpublishershavebeendepositingdigitalpublicationsatthenationallibraryofthenetherlands(kb)since2003.untilrecently,mostofthesepublicationsweredepositedintheportabledocumentformat.newprojects,forexamplethewebarchivingproject,forcethekbtohandlemoreheterogeneousmaterial.therefore,thekbhasdevelopedaquantifiablefileformatriskassessmentmethod.thismethodcanbeusedtodefinedigitalpreservationstrategiesforspecificfileformats.thechoiceforaspecificfileformatatcreationtimeorlaterinthelifecycleofadigitalobjectinfluencesthelong-termaccesstothedigitalobject.theevaluationmethodcontainssevensustainabilitycriteriaforfileformatsthatareweighedforimportance.thereseemstobeconsensusonthesustainabilitycriteria.however,astheweighingofthesecriteriaisconnectedtoaninstitution’spolicy,thekbwonderswhetheragreementontherelativeimportanceofthecriteriacanbereachedatall.withthispaper,thekbhopestoinspireotherculturalheritageinstitutionstodefinetheirownquantifiablefileformatevaluationmethod.
%K fileformatsassessment
%K long-termpreservation
%K quantifiablefileformatevaluation
%U http://www.infotech.ac.cn/CN/abstract/abstract550.shtml