Wikidata:Property proposal/NARA File Format Preservation Plan ID
NARA File Format Preservation Plan ID edit
Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Authority control
| Description | NARA File Format Preservation Plan ID |
|---|---|
| Data type | External identifier |
| Domain | file format (Q235557) |
| Example 1 | Mbox (Q285972) → NF00247 |
| Example 2 | Btrieve Database (Q48805099) → NF00137 |
| Example 3 | Microsoft Word Document, version 97-2003 (Q63061514) → NF00303 |
| Example 4 | Adobe Illustrator file format, version 9.0 (Q47498538) → NF00675 |
| Source | https://www.archives.gov/preservation/digital-preservation/linked-data |
| Planned use | Link file formats in Wikidata to these file format preservation plans with rich information related to format specifications and methods for preservation. |
| Formatter URL | https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/$1.ttl |
Motivation edit
The National Archives and Records Administration of the United States (NARA) has created more than 650 file format preservation plans which describe formats, provide links to specifications and authoritative resources, and provide rich preservation plans. By including this external id in Wikidata we could provide links to this information from their Wikidata items. This information is relevant for strategic preservation planning related to digital content and will be of interest to the digital preservation community. Lljohnston (talk) 13:31, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
Discussion edit
Support. This source of information will be useful for many people working with file formats. YULdigitalpreservation (talk) 14:05, 8 September 2022 (UTC)- Support. This information will be very useful for long term digital preservation throughout the world. I agree with the above comment that it's going to be very important for everyone working with file formats also. Cnaue (talk) 16:46, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
- Support. This complements properties such as PRONOM file format ID (P2748). Anarchivist (talk) 17:56, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
- Support. As stated earlier, this is very complementary with other properties like Library of Congress Format Description Document ID (P3266). Toto256 (talk) 21:08, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
