What is PRONOM?

PRONOM is a web-based technical registry to support digital preservation services, developed by The National Archives of the United Kingdom.

What Properties does PRONOM use?

Let's take a look at how PRONOM describes Word 2000 for Windows

PRONOM	Example	Wikidata
External Identifier	N/A	Wikidata has individual properties for each external id
Name	Word	English language label for Microsoft Word (Q11261)
Alias	N/A	alias for label (Also known as)
Family	N/A	Wikidata describes these relationships using class/ subclass relationships
Software Type	N/A	has use (P366) or genre (P136)
Service Pack Level	N/A	Property needs to be created
Default File Format	Microsoft Word Document (97-2003) ( .doc, .wbk)	file format (Q235557) or file format family (Q26085352)
Software Requirement	N/A	depends on software (P1547)
Hardware Requirement	N/A	Property needs to be created
Media Format	CD ROM	Property needs to be created or made from material (P186)
Language	English	P2439 (P2439)
Release Date	10 Jun 1999	publication date (P577)
Withdrawn Date	N/A	discontinued date (P2669)
Developer	Microsoft Corporation	developer (P178)
Support	30 Jun 2006	would be described using time qualifiers like end time (P582)
Documentation	Example	described at URL (P973) or user manual URL (P2078)
IPR	N/A	Property needs to be created
Source	Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives	Wikidata uses references to source claims
Source Date	23 Sep 2003	Wikidata uses references to source claims, which can be qualified with dates
Last Updated	02 Aug 2005	Wikidata uses references to source claims, which can be qualified with dates
Provenance Note	Example	This would go on the talk page of the Wikidata item or Property needs to be created
Image	Example	image (P18)

PRONOM also maintains a formats table for this software.

PRONOM	Example	Wikidata
Create	7-bit ANSI text	writable file format (P1073)
Render	WordPerfect for Windows Document 6.0	readable file format (P1072)