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The U.S. National Archives (NARA) is pleased to announce that it has
released its digital Preservation Framework on Github for public comment:

https://github.com/usnationalarchives/digital-preservation

The framework comprises an instrument for assessing file format risk, the
results of NARA's assessment of over 350 file format variants, and draft
preservation plans for those formats.

We are inviting comments and discussion on the plans using the Github
Issues feature:

What revisions can you suggest to the proposed processing and preservation
actions for the formats?

Are the Essential Characteristics for each record type comprehensive enough
for digital preservation?

Are the proposed preservation actions for the formats technically
appropriate?

Are there appropriate tools for processing and preservation of specific
formats that we do not have listed?

Are there other high priority formats that we need plans for?

What can you suggest in terms of appropriate public access versions of the
formats?

These draft plans will be open for public comment until November 1, 2019.
We will take all comments and incorporate them into new versions which will
also be released. This will be an ongoing initiative to assess risk and to
update and create new plans over time.

Leslie Johnston

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