I've always deposited an MS Word copy of my papers in my local
repository, together with a PDF copy. I've done this because I've
been told of the importance of preserving the master copy of a
resource, rather than a lossy derivative version, such as PDF. As
I've experience in having to recreate an MS Word file from a PDF
copy I know this can be a cumbersome process. I assume some authors
may prefer to deposit a PDF copy as this may be regarded as
providing a form of DRM by making it slightly more difficult to
process the file.
What policies and practices do people have in place related to this?
A Google search for "Policies on depositing MS Word files" suggests
that PDFs are the norm. Since the MS Office format has been an ISO
standard since 2007 I assume the proprietary versus open standard
format for deposits argument is not as strong as it was (subject to
caveats about support for ISO/IEC 29500
Strict
and the arguments about the validity of the standardisation process
which I don't want to go into).
Thanks
Brian
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