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Thanks for writing this Kate, And yes, we'll put it on the agenda. We haven't yet picked a time for the next call. Everyone please fill out the doodle poll if you haven't already. http://doodle.com/kcuf347dqdm5ignw So far Dec. 17 is looking like the better day. thanks, Andrea _________________________________________ Andrea Goethals Digital Preservation and Repository Services Manager Harvard Library [log in to unmask] (617) 495-3724 > -----Original Message----- > From: The NDSA Standards working group list [mailto:NDSA- > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kate Murray1 > Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 11:57 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [NDSA-STANDARDS] PDF Exploration: Idea for new work > > Hi all, > > In the last meeting, we talked about starting a new project around PDF > and I agreed to write up a paragraph or two (below and on the > wiki:http://www.loc.gov/extranet/wiki/osi/ndiip/ndsa/index.php?title=St > andards_and_Best_Practices_Working_Group#Ideas_for_New_Work). Can we > put this on the agenda for the next meeting? Meanwhile, interested > parties can think if this is something they'd like to be actively > involved in and what role they'd like to play. > > Thanks - Kate Murray > > **************** > > One of the great strengths of PDF, including the recent PDF/A-3 > standard, is its ability to contain a variety of sometimes complex > digital objects within a single file. Long term preservation of these > files, however, can be problematic because current digital preservation > tools are not able to consistently identify the existence of the > embedded content nor identify its format. The NDSA Standards sub group > is interested in exploring the boundaries of applicability for PDF in > preservation environments, especially as a carrier of complex formats > such as audio, video and geospatial information. > > > The interest in this project grew out of a Signal blog post on PDF/A-3 > by Butch Lazorchak (LOC) about embedded files in PDF/A > (http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2012/11/all-in-embedded- > files-in-pdfa/) as well as discussions between NARA and depositing > agencies who are starting to use PDF/A-3 as a de facto normalization > wrapper format to contain many media types including audio and video. > Caroline Arms (LOC) has already produced a helpful background document > to kick start this work. > > > > > ************** > Kate Murray > Digitization Process Development Specialist > Digitization Planning Branch > US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) > 301-837-2924 > [log in to unmask] > > ############################ > > To unsubscribe from the NDSA-STANDARDS list: > write to: mailto:NDSA-STANDARDS-SIGNOFF- > [log in to unmask] > or click the following link: > http://list.digitalpreservation.gov/scripts/wa-DIGITAL.exe?SUBED1=NDSA- > STANDARDS&A=1 ############################ To unsubscribe from the NDSA-STANDARDS list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://list.digitalpreservation.gov/scripts/wa-DIGITAL.exe?SUBED1=NDSA-STANDARDS&A=1