British Standards Institution

Source:: ISO
Committee:: IDT/1 - Document Management Applications
Categories:: Information management | Standardization. General rules | ICT | Information technology | Information technology applications | IT applications. Information, documentation and publishing

Scope

This document provides guidance for the selection of file formats for the preservation of electronically stored information (ESI). It will address how risk assessment supports the file format selection process. The focus is on the selection criteria for formats used in businesses and archives. This approach enables the users to include new, emerging, obsolete, and/or proprietary formats into the selection process along with current mainstream preservation-friendly open formats.

This document does not provide a list of file formats for use in preservation of electronic information.

Purpose

Provides guidance for the selection of file formats for the preservation of electronically stored information (ESI) by businesses, archives and other organizations.

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Standard timeline

1. Proposal

Proposal start date:

23/06/2021

Proposal end date:

13/08/2021

2. Draft

3. Public Comments

4. Comment Resolution

5. Approval

6. Publication

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Standards Development

ISO/TC 171/SC 2 N 1526, ISO/NP TS 8621 Document management -- Digital file format preservation -- Selection criteria

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