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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Dear members of SC 34/WG 6<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I have received the message below from Caroline Arms, a contractor working for the Library of Congress whose brief is to report on the “sustainability” of office document file formats. If this interests you, please feel free to respond directly, using the Contact link provided below.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Francis Cave<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Convenor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Arms, Caroline<br><b>Sent:</b> 24 September 2015 15:23<br><b>Subject:</b> First set of format descriptions for ODF<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The first batch of format descriptions for ODF has just gone into production: one for the ODF family as a whole, two for different versions of the package format (1.1 and 1.2), and two for the corresponding versions for .odt.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000247.shtml"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000247.shtml</span></a><span lang=EN-US> is the one for the family, from which you can navigate to the others.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Feel free to share it with WG6 and other knowledgeable folks and encourage them to let us know if there are errors or significant omissions. Please remind people that the list of formats [ </span><a href="http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/browse_list.shtml"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/browse_list.shtml</span></a><span lang=EN-US> ] for which we have produced descriptions is not a list of recommended formats, but a list of formats that are likely to be found in library collections, particularly libraries that collect unpublished materials, including “papers” of significant individuals or organizations (which now typically get delivered as or accompanied by files on disks many years after the files were created). The primary audience is people faced with the challenge of preserving for the long term content that they didn’t create. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The ODF spreadsheet formats for ODF 1.1 and 1.2 will be next, but with no firm commitment on timing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Should you wish to comment on these format descriptions, you should use the Contact link [ </span><a href="http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/contact_format.shtml"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/contact_format.shtml</span></a><span lang=EN-US> ] that appears on every page on the site.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Caroline Arms<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Library of Congress Contractor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Co-compiler of Sustainability of Digital Formats resource </span><a href="http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/</span></a><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>** Views expressed are personal and not necessarily those of the institution **<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>