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* [http://rbriggs87.wordpress.com/2013/09/20/disappearing-digital-world/ Disappearing Digital World] by Rebecca E. “Becky†Briggs | * [http://rbriggs87.wordpress.com/2013/09/20/disappearing-digital-world/ Disappearing Digital World] by Rebecca E. “Becky†Briggs | ||
* [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/process-starts-to-select-open-standards-for-government-documents Process starts to select open standards for government documents (UK)] | * [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/process-starts-to-select-open-standards-for-government-documents Process starts to select open standards for government documents (UK)] | ||
| + | * [http://vimeo.com/album/2651464/video/81873487 Jason Scott speech at DISH 2013] | ||
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Here's a collection of articles related to the File Format problem, this project, or education about the type of endeavor this sort of project entails.
- Open letter to Microsoft on specs for obsolete file formats by Chris Rusbridge.
- The PowerPoint 4.0 adventure: what did I learn? by Chris Rusbridge.
- Cleaning up the "Formats through Time" mess by David Rosenthal.
- Importing data is hard by Skud
- The Format Registry Problem by Gary McGath
- Files that Last: Digital Preservation for Everygeek by Gary McGath
- XFER STN FAQ by New Museum of Contemporary Art (info on their project to preserve artists' multimedia from archaic formats)
- Solving Problems and Saving Bits: An Interview with Jason Scott by Jefferson Bailey, for the Library of Congress blog
- The Mother of All Disruptions by Venkat (what he calls "soft technology" corresponds pretty well with what's called "file format" here)
- Disappearing Digital World by Rebecca E. “Becky†Briggs
- Process starts to select open standards for government documents (UK)
- Jason Scott speech at DISH 2013
