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Please check the following websites for more information about using open digital format standards and the movement to support this: | Please check the following websites for more information about using open digital format standards and the movement to support this: | ||
*http://defendinnovation.org | *http://defendinnovation.org | ||
*http://patentabsurdity.com | *http://patentabsurdity.com | ||
*http://en.swpat.org | *http://en.swpat.org | ||
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All the Microsoft document formats are closed. | All the Microsoft document formats are closed. | ||
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* http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/intro/intro.shtml | * http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/intro/intro.shtml | ||
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Office_Open_XML_and_OpenDocument | * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Office_Open_XML_and_OpenDocument | ||
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All the Microsoft media formats are closed. | All the Microsoft media formats are closed. | ||
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* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Media_Audio | * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Media_Audio | ||
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Media_Video | * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Media_Video | ||
| − | + | ==Other closed media formats== | |
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Open_formats_closed_by_software_patents | * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Open_formats_closed_by_software_patents | ||
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mp3 (Lossy audio codec, many patent trolls) | * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mp3 (Lossy audio codec, many patent trolls) | ||
Revision as of 14:37, 26 November 2013
Common Closed Digital Formats (To be avoided at all costs)
Please check the following websites for more information about using open digital format standards and the movement to support this:
Documents
All the Microsoft document formats are closed.
This is a huge problem for digital preservation.
- http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/intro/intro.shtml
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Office_Open_XML_and_OpenDocument
Multimedia
All the Microsoft media formats are closed.
This is a huge problem for digital preservation.
Other closed media formats
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Open_formats_closed_by_software_patents
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mp3 (Lossy audio codec, many patent trolls)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Audio_Coding (Lossy audio codec, many patent trolls)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpeg4 (Lossy video codec, many patent trolls)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jpeg (Lossy image codec, many patent trolls)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagged_Image_File_Format (Lossless image codec, many patent trolls)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_Video (Closed format multimedia container, many patent trolls)
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