So, can we expect a leaked final "draft" of RDA, do you think :-)
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:47 PM, David Fiander <da...@fiander.info> wrote: > This is a common problem with ISO standards, and the common solution > is to do just this: release the final "draft" before it's approved by > ISO as an official standard. That's what the ISO Forth programming > language group did as well. > > - David > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:35 PM, st...@archive.org <st...@archive.org> > wrote: > > point well taken. :) > > > > there were no significant changes to the WARC format > > between the last draft and the published standard. > > > > you can use Heritrix WARCReader, or WARC Tools warcvalidator > > to verify that you have created a valid WARC in accordance > > with the spec. > > > > > > /st...@archive.org > > > > > > On 6/2/09 2:27 PM, Ray Denenberg, Library of Congress wrote: > >> > >> But you have to pay $200 for the document that lists changes from last > >> draft to first official version. > >> > >> (Ok, Ok, it was just a joke. But you do get the point.) > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "st...@archive.org" < > st...@archive.org> > >> To: <CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU> > >> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 5:18 PM > >> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] WARC file format now ISO standard > >> > >> > >>> hi Karen, > >>> > >>> understood. > >>> > >>> the final draft of the spec is available here: > >>> > >>> > http://www.scribd.com/doc/4303719/WARC-ISO-28500-final-draft-v018-Zentveld-080618 > >>> > >>> and other (similar) versions here: > >>> http://archive-access.sourceforge.net/warc/ > >>> > >>> > >>> /st...@archive.org > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 6/2/09 2:15 PM, Karen Coyle wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Unfortunately, being an ISO standard, to obtain it costs 118 CHF > (about > >>>> $110 USD). Hard to follow a standard you can't afford to read. Is > there an > >>>> online version somewhere? > >>>> > >>>> kc > >>>> > >>>> st...@archive.org wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> hi code4lib, > >>>>> > >>>>> if you're archiving web content, please use the WARC format. > >>>>> > >>>>> thanks, > >>>>> /st...@archive.org > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> WARC File Format Published as an International Standard > >>>>> http://netpreserve.org/press/pr20090601.php > >>>>> > >>>>> ISO 28500:2009 specifies the WARC file format: > >>>>> > >>>>> * to store both the payload content and control information from > >>>>> mainstream Internet application layer protocols, such as the > >>>>> Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Domain Name System (DNS), > >>>>> and File Transfer Protocol (FTP); > >>>>> * to store arbitrary metadata linked to other stored data > >>>>> (e.g. subject classifier, discovered language, encoding); > >>>>> * to support data compression and maintain data record integrity; > >>>>> * to store all control information from the harvesting protocol > >>>>> (e.g. request headers), not just response information; > >>>>> * to store the results of data transformations linked to other > >>>>> stored data; > >>>>> * to store a duplicate detection event linked to other stored > >>>>> data (to reduce storage in the presence of identical or > >>>>> substantially similar resources); > >>>>> * to be extended without disruption to existing functionality; > >>>>> * to support handling of overly long records by truncation or > >>>>> segmentation, where desired. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> more info here: > >>>>> http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000236.shtml > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > > > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library
