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1、FilesthatLastGaryMcGathCopyright2013GaryMcGathfilesthatlast.comSmashwordsEdition,LicenseNotesThisebookislicensedforyourpersonalenjoymentonly.Thisebookmaynotbere-soldorgivenawaytootherpeople.Ifyouwouldliketosharethisbookwithanotherperson,pleasepurchaseanadditionalcopyforeachrecipient.

2、Ifyou’rereadingthisbookanddidnotpurchaseit,oritwasnotpurchasedforyouruseonly,thenpleasereturntoSmashwords.comandpurchaseyourowncopy.Thankyouforrespectingthehardworkofthisauthor.SponsorJayGattusooftheNationalLibraryofNewZealandisaSponsorofFilesthatLast,witha$200contributionthroughKick

3、starter.Manythanks!NoteonformattingSmashwords’softwaredoesn’tallowleadingspaces,socodeexamples(mostlyXML)arenecessarilyflushleft.TheEPUBversion,whichwasseparatelyformatted,isyourbestchoiceifyouwanttoseeproperlyindentedXML.Sorryfortheinconvenience.TableofContentsForthepreservationgeek

4、ThedustbinofhistoryPreservationstrategyBackupandarchivingInternetbackupandarchivingCooperativearchivingArchivingyourlifeStoragemediaResurrectingdisksandfilesInternetrisksTheperilsofDRMUsingmetadataUnderstandingformatsTextfilesArchivalfilesXMLfilesHTMLandXHTMLfilesPDFfilesStillimagefi

5、lesOpenDocumentfilesMicrosoftOfficefilesE-booksAudiofilesVideofilesDatalithsanddigitalarcheologyAppendix1:XMPexampleAppendix2:ID3framesAppendix3:AnintroductiontoExifToolAppendix4:AguidetoJHOVEAppendix5:SongsofformatsandpreservationAcknowledgementsForthePreservationGeekWewanteverypers

6、oninAmericatounderstanddigitalpreservationissuesandbeabletodosomethingaboutit.—MarthaAnderson,LibraryofCongressModerntechnologyletsusstoremoreinformationforlesscostthanpeoplecouldimagineafewdecadesago,andthetrendhasn’tstopped.Paradoxically,thishasletusforgetinformationmoreeasilythane

7、ver.Bitslackpermanence;they’reeasilyoverwritten,lost,ormadeobsolescent.Wehaveaworldfullofknowledgewhichispreyeverywheretodigitalamnesia.There’sapreventativefordigitalamnesia,calleddigitalpreservation.Currentlythisfieldofstudyisn’twidelyknownoutsideoflibrariesandarchives,butthere’sane

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