The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is delighted to launch the next in its series of Technology Watch Guidance Notes entitled Which checksum algorithm should I use? by Matthew Addis today.

 

As the title suggests, Which checksum algorithm should I use? is intended to help answer one of the perennial questions in digital preservation. Starting by defining key terms, the report goes on to identify the reasons for using checksums and the algorithms which could be applied, before providing practical advice on where to store checksums as well as some of the tools available to create checksums and perform fixity checks.

 

This new Technology Watch Guidance Note and the rest of the series complements the DPC’s popular Technology Watch Reports and is designed to be a ‘bite-sized’ paper that might contain information about a problem, a solution, or a particular implementation of digital preservation and will provide a short briefing on advanced digital preservation topics.

 

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Sarah Middleton

Head of Communications and Advocacy

Digital Preservation Coalition

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