File Formats for preservation

Selecting File Formats for Preservation, from the Paradigm Workbook on Digital Private Papers

Obsolescence: File Formats and Software, part of the Digital Preservation Management: Implementing Short-Term Strategies for Long-Term Solutions, online tutorial developed for the Digital Preservation Management workshop, developed and maintained by Cornell University Library, 2003-2006; extended and maintained by ICPSR, 2007-2012; and now extended and maintained by MIT Libraries, 2012-on.

Recommendations on file formats for long term preservation, made by the UK Data Archive

Todd, M (2009). File formats for preservation from the Digital Preservation Coalition Technology Watch Report Series

File profiling tool:

File Format Identification of Community Owned Digital Preservation Tool Registry (COPTR)

DROID (Digital Record Object Identification)  which was developed by The National Archives (UK).