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| Content Type | Best Practice Recommendations for Preservation | Other Supported File Formats | Further Resources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Textual | Microsoft Word file (DOC) (DOCX) OpenDocument text (ODT) | ||
| Images | TIFF version 6 uncompressed (TIFF) | ||
| Video | Audio video interleaved format (AVI) | ||
| Audio | Free lossless audio codec (FLAC) | ||
| Data: Quantitative | Comma-separate values file (CSV)
| SPSS file formats STATA file formats Microsoft Excel file (XLS) (XLSX) Tab-delimited file (TSV) | UK Data Archive Managing and Sharing Data |
| Data: Qualitative | eXtensible mark-up language (XML) | ||
| Data: Geospatial | ESRI Shapefile (SHP, SHX, DBF) Geo-referenced TIFF (TFW) CAD data (DWG) Tabular GIS attribute data | ||
| Web | Web ARChive file format (WARC) | ||
| Microsoft Outlook file (PST) | ||
| Social Media | eXtensible mark-up language (XML) | JSON | Digital Preservation Coalition's Preserving Social Media |
| 3D Objects | Contact staff | ||
| e-Learning Objects | Contact staff | JISC Significant Properties of e-Learning Objects Report | |
| Corresponding Documentation | See Textual Content Type |
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