Global/Community Format Sustainability Factors                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         LC Local/Institutional Factors 
                                                                                                                                                                                       Each of these factors may have different emphasis or importance depending on the community of practice and content type. Some may not be applicable or essential for every format.                                                         Community /                                                      To the best of your knowledge, estimate the level of resources at LC available to preserve and manage the format.
                                                                                               Content Type Information                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Notes                     Sustainability Summary                                                                                                                                                                                              Notes                    Local Factors Summary
                                                                                                                                                                                  Disclosure             Adoption                Transparency            Self-documentation           External dependencies Impact of patents                  Technical protection                                                                                                             Staff experience and expertise               Software/Hardware/OS             Representation/extent in LC        Established 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               mechanisms                                                                                                                                                                    available                        collections/storage                workflow/functionality
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Preferred: LC has the skills, 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  experience, workflows, tools and 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Possible responses:                                                                                                                                                                                      systems to manage and preserve 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             What are LC's functionality                                                                                                          these formats in current systems 
                                                                                                                                                   Possible responses:                                   Is the format widely                                                                                                                                                                                               Preferred: Meets or          - Yes / Ample LC                                                    capabilities for this format?                                                                                                        with confidence.
                                                                                                                                                                                                         used, especially in     Can the format be       Is a file in this format able                           Is the format free from                                                                                    exceeds benchmarks           resources                                                           For example:  Do staff have                                         Does LC's managed storage                                                                                   Final Designation 
                                                                                                                                                   - Yes                          Is technical           peer institutions? Is  analyzed with basic  to describe its own              Is this format free of     patents with terms which      If this format *requires* the                                                for all relevant             - Maybe / Some LC                                                   the software to analyze,                                            systems (such as CTS) have the                                   Acceptable: LC can manage this             for RFS: Preferred 
                                                                                                                                                                                  information about      it integrated into                              content and structure with                                                                                                                                         sustainability factors       resources, but not     Does LC have expertise with this                                                                                 resources to perform technical                                   format at a basic level of 
                                                                                                                                                   - Maybe                        the format available  multiple toolsets and tools? Is standard         embedded metadata? If  dependence on                    might impede long term        use of DRM, encryption or                                                                                 optimal                format? For example, does LC staff:          describe, manage, and            Does LC already have a             actions for this format such as                                  acquisition, management and                or Acceptable
                                                                              Content Type         File                  Encoding (if              - No                           through complete       not locked into         character encoding  applicable, does this            particular hardware,       use?  For example, when  other protection mechanisms, Any other mitigating factors to                      Acceptable: Meets            - No / Not aware of    participate in standards efforts; format-    render this format? Are          meaningful number of files in      format characterization,             Any other mitigating        preservation. Better management 
                                                                                                   Format/Wrapper        appropriate)                                             and open               specific vendor         supported? Is lossy  format have accessibility  operating system, or            license terms include         is it possible for custodians to consider                                    minimum acceptability  any current LC               related research and testing; have           licenses available to all staff  this format in                     identification and validation;       factors to consider?        and preservation is within the 
                                                                                                                                                                                  documentation and  implementations?            compression or          options for ADA              software for rendering     royalties based on use,       maintain future access to                                                    across benchmarks or  resources                     proficiency in tools and applications.       that need it? Is it approved by collections/managed storage?  allow a "viewing copy"/QA by                                           capacity of LC; but it must invest in 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 encryption enforced?                                 or use?                    costs could be high and       content reliably?                                                                                                                                                             WCC process? Can it be 
                                                                                                                                                                                  specifications?        Are community user                              compliance such as                                      unpredictable.                                                                                             does not meet all                                                                                installed/run on the                                                producing a thumbnail or the                                     developing/acquiring skills, 
                                                                                                                                                                                                         groups available for                            closed captioning?                                                                                                                                                 relevant sustainability                                                                          networks/domains needed to                                          like?                                                            experience, workflows, tools or 
                                                                                                                                                                                                         advice and support?                                                                                                                                                                                                factors.                                                                                         process/view materials?                                                                                                              systems to manage and preserve 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  this format to the same degree of 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  confidence/completeness as for a 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  preferred format.
                                                                                                                                                   http://www.loc.gov/preserv                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         There aren't any built-in 
                                                                              Sample: Audio        WAV                   LPCM                      ation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd Yes                     Yes                     Yes                     Yes                          Yes                        Yes                           Yes                                                                          Preferred                                           Yes / Ample LC resources                     Yes / Ample LC resources         Yes / Ample LC resources           Maybe / Some LC resources, but QA tools in CTS                   Preferred                                  Preferred
                                                                                                                                                   000002.shtml                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  not optimal                          (requires download of 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      file to listen).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Maybe - depending on 
                                                                              Sample: Still                                                                                       Yes (new ISO spec                              Maybe - varies with                                  implementation - like                                                                     Release of upcoming ISO spec (2019                                                                                                           Maybe (some licenses may                                            Maybe - but not customized to        Works well as an ingest 
                                                                                                   DNG                                             http://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fddY/fedsd000188.shtml        encoding/manufactur Yes                              Canon CR2. Consider  Yes                                 Yes                                                                          Acceptable                                          Yes / Ample LC resources                     not be for current versions of  Yes                                                                                                  Acceptable                                 Acceptable
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