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In a recent article in Scientific American, David Pogue discusses the fight against ‘file format rot’ (D. Pogue, ‘How to Fight Format Rot’, Scientific American, November 1, 2017). Pogue begins his article with a story about how his own digital sheet-music files had fallen victim to file format rot a...
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| Published in | Digital Imaging of Artefacts: Developments in Methods and Aims p. i |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
30.11.2018
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| Online Access | Get full text |
| DOI | 10.2307/j.ctv1zckznq.2 |
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| Summary: | In a recent article in Scientific American, David Pogue discusses the fight against ‘file format rot’ (D. Pogue, ‘How to Fight Format Rot’, Scientific American, November 1, 2017). Pogue begins his article with a story about how his own digital sheet-music files had fallen victim to file format rot and bases the remainder of the article around a discussion with staff from the Library of Congress, an institution where file format rot could have more serious consequences than for most of us. Unsurprisingly, the Library of Congress has been a leader in digitisation of collections for two decades. Somewhat offhandedly, |
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| DOI: | 10.2307/j.ctv1zckznq.2 |