[Bell Historians] Preferred soft copy archiving medium

[Scott Allan Orr]

Just to echo Neal (I run a module on Heritage Data Management at UCL), that
PDF/A is a good option, but there are certainly others depending on the
complexity of the information and how it is presented. Another good
practice is to include the files in the format(s) from which the PDF was
generated, e.g. the word document, text and other embedded components
(tables, text, databases). The Archaeological Data Service based at UYork
has some excellent guides for almost any type of data you can think of,
including images regarding lossless compression and such.

https://guides.archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/g2gp/TextDocs_3

Take care,
Scott

*Dr Scott Allan Orr *(he/him)

Lecturer in Heritage Data Science
UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage
University College London | Central House | 14 Upper Woburn Pl | London |
WC1H 0NN
Phone: +44(0)2031 086 480 (remains active during remote working)


On Sat, 18 Apr 2020 at 22:35, Neal Dodge <gtbartonbells at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think it depends on the type of media that is to be archived, and the
> desired 'shelf life', but PDF is certainly a good choice as it's an open
> file format rather than a proprietary one.
> Better yet would be PDF/A, the version of PDF that is specialised for
> archiving electronic documents as it removes features of the file
> unsuitable for long term storage.
>
>
> Many thanks
> Neal Dodge
>
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> Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2020, 19:36
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> Subject: [Bell Historians] Preferred soft copy archiving medium
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> What is the perceived wisdom regarding the best medium for digitally
> archiving information? Is PDF ok, or there is a preferred format?
>
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