Sustainability of Digital Formats: Planning for Library of Congress Collections |
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• Microsoft Office Binary File Formats • ZIP File Format, PKWARE • Other lists of freely downloadable specifications • Library of Congress disclaimer Listed here are selected specifications made available for downloading by the Library of Congress with the permission of their owners and the intention of ensuring permanent access to the specifications for the digital preservation community and other users. Also listed are URLs for sources of freely downloadable specifications for digital formats from standards organizations. Citations to specifications for particular digital formats, with links if available online, will be found in individual Format Descriptions. Microsoft Office Binary (doc, xls, ppt) File FormatsThe formats and documents listed below are covered by the Microsoft Open Specification Promise (OSP). The documents below were provided by Microsoft Corporation in 2008 to the Library of Congress to be mounted for public access as demonstration of OSP. The specifications listed below date from 2008. Subsequent to 2008, Microsoft has updated the specifications for some of formats listed below. Updated specifications for the Microsoft Office Binary Formats are downloadable from Office File Formats Technical Documents. New versions of two of the other formats are available at Windows Technical Specifications. The formatting of the specification documents has changed a great deal since 2008; the substance of some specifications has also changed periodically as new features have been introduced in Microsoft software and required supporting representation in the binary formats. Note that not all application features introduced in and since Microsoft Office 2010 are supported in the binary formats. Microsoft Word
ZIP File Format, PKWAREThe documents listed below are versions of APPNOTE.TXT, the Application Note specification document for the ZIP file format from PKWARE. This selection by PKWARE of chronological versions covers the introduction of all significant features into the ZIP specification. An archive of Application Notes since version 4.5.0 (2001-11-01) is made available by PKWARE. ZIP Application Notes
Other lists of freely downloadable specificationsThese lists may include standards unrelated to digital formats. Freely Available Standards from ISOECMA Standards NISO Standards OASIS Standards W3C Technical Reports and Publications (including Recommendations) ITU-T Recommendations
Inclusion of a specification in this list does not constitute the Library's endorsement of the digital format. View the Library of Congress statement regarding external links, endorsement, and other legal matters associated with its Web sites. Back to top |
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