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| − | =Digital Format Registry= | + | ==Digital Format Registry== |
* http://www.udfr.org | * http://www.udfr.org | ||
* http://www.gdfr.info | * http://www.gdfr.info | ||
| − | =Types of digital formats and codecs= | + | ==Types of digital formats and codecs== |
* For documents refer to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_OpenDocument_software and http://www.pdfa.org. | * For documents refer to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_OpenDocument_software and http://www.pdfa.org. | ||
* For audio refer to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_audio_codecs and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Lossless_Audio_Codec | * For audio refer to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_audio_codecs and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Lossless_Audio_Codec | ||
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* For images refer to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_file_formats and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_image | * For images refer to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_file_formats and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_image | ||
| − | =Common Closed Digital Formats= | + | ==Common Closed Digital Formats== |
See: http://patentabsurdity.com and http://en.swpat.org | See: http://patentabsurdity.com and http://en.swpat.org | ||
| − | ==Documents== | + | ===Documents=== |
All the Microsoft document formats are closed. | All the Microsoft document formats are closed. | ||
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* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Office_Open_XML_and_OpenDocument | * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Office_Open_XML_and_OpenDocument | ||
| − | ==Multimedia== | + | ===Multimedia=== |
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) | ||
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* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_Video (Closed format multimedia container, many patent trolls) | * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_Video (Closed format multimedia container, many patent trolls) | ||
| − | ==[[SUNScholar/Digitisation/Digital Formats/Extra_Information|Digital Formats Extra Information]]== | + | ===[[SUNScholar/Digitisation/Digital Formats/Extra_Information|Digital Formats Extra Information]]=== |
'''[[SUNScholar/IR|Back to IR Help]]''' | '''[[SUNScholar/IR|Back to IR Help]]''' | ||
Revision as of 13:11, 30 August 2012
Contents
Digital Format Registry
Types of digital formats and codecs
- For documents refer to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_OpenDocument_software and http://www.pdfa.org.
- For audio refer to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_audio_codecs and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Lossless_Audio_Codec
- For video refer to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_video_codecs and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirac_(codec)
- For images refer to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_file_formats and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_image
Common Closed Digital Formats
See: http://patentabsurdity.com and http://en.swpat.org
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)
Digital Formats Extra Information
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