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After receiving feedback from the PRONOM user community, The National
Archives has made the decision to modify their proposal to phase out
x-PUIDs. PRONOM users have indicated that stability is of a higher
priority than uniformity in the PUID scheme, and as an institution that
is responsive to the needs of our user base, The National Archives will
continue to support all existing x-PUIDs on PRONOM. In future, however,
no further x-PUIDs will be created; all formats will be given a full
PUID from now onwards.
The benefit of this approach is that no repositories or users of PRONOM
will need to re-characterise their collections, since format
identification will remain persistent.
As always, we welcome your comments on this proposal for PRONOM, and on
any other matter relating to the PRONOM service. Please feel free to
contact us on [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Craig Alexander Moore
Digital Archivist
The National Archives
+44 (0) 20 8392 5330, ext. 2593
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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