PRONOM-ROAR: Adding Format Profiles to a Repository Registry to Inform Preservation Services

PRONOM-ROAR: Adding Format Profiles to a Repository Registry to Inform Preservation Services

To date many institutional repository (IR) software suppliers have pushed the IR as a digital preservation solution. We argue that the digital preservation of objects in IRs may better be achieved through the use of light-weight, add-on services. We present such a service – PRONOM-ROAR – that genera...

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Main Authors: Tim Brody, Leslie Carr, Jessie M. N. Hey, Adrian Brown, Steve Hitchcock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh 2007-12-01
Series:International Journal of Digital Curation
Online Access:http://www.ijdc.net/index.php/ijdc/article/view/53
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spelling doaj-9c6bdb0b5a9b48e98b515a96916f3c7c2020-11-24T23:52:18ZengUniversity of EdinburghInternational Journal of Digital Curation1746-82562007-12-012231910.2218/ijdc.v2i2.2525PRONOM-ROAR: Adding Format Profiles to a Repository Registry to Inform Preservation ServicesTim BrodyLeslie CarrJessie M. N. HeyAdrian BrownSteve HitchcockTo date many institutional repository (IR) software suppliers have pushed the IR as a digital preservation solution. We argue that the digital preservation of objects in IRs may better be achieved through the use of light-weight, add-on services. We present such a service – PRONOM-ROAR – that generates file format profiles for IRs. This demonstrates the potential of using third- party services to provide preservation expertise to IR managers by making use of existing machine interfaces to IRs.http://www.ijdc.net/index.php/ijdc/article/view/53
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Leslie Carr
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Adrian Brown
Steve Hitchcock
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title PRONOM-ROAR: Adding Format Profiles to a Repository Registry to Inform Preservation Services
title_short PRONOM-ROAR: Adding Format Profiles to a Repository Registry to Inform Preservation Services
title_full PRONOM-ROAR: Adding Format Profiles to a Repository Registry to Inform Preservation Services
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series International Journal of Digital Curation
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description To date many institutional repository (IR) software suppliers have pushed the IR as a digital preservation solution. We argue that the digital preservation of objects in IRs may better be achieved through the use of light-weight, add-on services. We present such a service – PRONOM-ROAR – that generates file format profiles for IRs. This demonstrates the potential of using third- party services to provide preservation expertise to IR managers by making use of existing machine interfaces to IRs.
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