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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/