Bit by Bit: A Rapid Assessment Methodology for Evaluating File Format Obsolescence Risk : Short Paper - iPRES 2025 - Wellington, New Zealand / Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa
Abstract
In this paper I provide a practical rapid-assessment methodology for determining whether a preservation intervention is recommended based upon a prioritized, sequential list of positive and negative file format obsolescence risk factors. Rather than a complex scoring system, the core output of this methodology is a simple set of conditions that aim to suit general use-cases for quickly determining whether a given format is at immediate risk of obsolescence and therefore whether an immediate preservation intervention is required.Details
- Creators
- David Clipsham
- Institutions
- Date
- 2025-09-01 00:00:00 +0000
- Keywords
- digital humanities
- Publication Type
- paper
- License
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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