It's OK, I think the project is now part of UC's udfr.org. But that one
didn't have the big ol' "OCLC" logo at the bottom. :)

-- Steve

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of
> Roy Tennant
> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2012 4:04 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Just Solve the File Format Problem month: can
> you help?
> 
> 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
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