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Well, duh, so I did. My (big) bad. Thanks for pointing out the obvious... Roy On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Huwig,Steve <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > You also missed this one... > > http://gdfr.info > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf > Of >> Roy Tennant >> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2012 3:49 PM >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Just Solve the File Format Problem month: can >> you help? >> >> Um...how is this better/different from already existing sites/efforts >> around this? >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_file_formats >> http://www.wotsit.org/ >> http://www.ace.net.nz/tech/TechFileFormat.html >> http://www.fileformat.info/ >> >> At the very least, this new effort shouldn't start from scratch... >> Roy >> >> On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 2:36 AM, Ed Summers <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> > I imagine you've heard about the Just Solve the Problem month >> already, >> > but if not, I thought Chris Rusbridge's email to the >> > digital-preservation list was a good call for participation in the >> > project ... >> > >> > //Ed >> > >> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> > From: Chris Rusbridge <[log in to unmask]> >> > Date: Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 4:00 PM >> > Subject: Just Solve the File Format Problem month: can you help? >> > To: [log in to unmask] >> > >> > Some of you will know that Jason Scott, Rogue Archivist, is raising > a >> > citizen's army to attempt to solve the "file format problem*" in the >> > month of November, 2012. The work is taking place via a wiki at >> > http://justsolve.archiveteam.org/index.php/Main_Page, with a band of >> > volunteers (you need to register to make changes to the wiki, by >> > sending a username and email address to [log in to unmask]). >> I've >> > added a few formats and groups of formats myself (at least as >> > skeletons or empty placeholders). >> > >> > The best form of help is for some of you who know more about rarer >> > data formats to register and help by editing the wiki yourself. It's >> > pretty easy; I've never used MediaWiki before, and everything I've >> > done so far has been by finding something like it and adapting the >> > wiki source. Other people can make it beautiful and standardised >> later >> > on! >> > >> > If you can't do that, you could email me information about missing >> > data formats. This should include as much as possible of: >> > >> > - name, and what it's for (ie brief description) >> > - web site with some authoritative information >> > - web site with some examples, etc. >> > >> > Let's try and capture ALL these formats. As Jason says in his own >> > inimitable way "Let's make that goddam army!". >> > >> > * Note, the "problem" is only vaguely defined, and after some angst >> > (eg see http://unsustainableideas.wordpress.com/2012/07/04/the- >> solution-is-42-what-was-the-problem/), >> > I think that's OK. Gathering a huge amount of information about file >> > formats in one place will be a BIG HELP. >> > >> > -- >> > Chris Rusbridge >> > Mobile: +44 791 7423828 >> > Email: [log in to unmask] >> > Adopt the email charter! http://emailcharter.org/