We have a new venue! We'll be meeting at the Gondolier, http://www.gondolierboulder.com. The restaurant is in the Meadow's Shopping Center, on the southwest corner of Baseline and Foothills. We'll meet in their back room.
The Gondolier is providing us this space for free. In searching for a new venue, I have learned how rare and special it is for a business to provide this. Please come and order something so that the Gondolier can continue to offer us this space.
Who's Afraid of File Format Obsolescence?
Evaluating File Format Endangerment Levels and Factors
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for the Creation of a File Format Endangerment Index
Heather Ryan, University of Denver Library and Information Science
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Experts expressed the belief that generally, digital information encoded in the rated file formats will be accessible for 20 years or more. This indicates that file format experts believe that there is not a great deal of short-term risk associated with encoding information in the rated file formats, though this does not preclude continued engagement with preservation activities for these and other file formats. Furthermore, the findings show that only three of the dozens of file format evaluation factors discussed in the literature exceeded an emergent threshold level as causal indicators of file format endangerment: ŒRendering 'Rendering Software Available,¹ ŒSpecifications ' 'Specifications Available,¹ ' and ŒCommunity'Community/3rd Party Support.¹ Consequently' Consequently, these factors are ideal candidates for use in a simple file format endangerment index that can be used to assess endangerment levels of any file format.
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