The Global Digital Format Registry (GDFR) was a technical registry to support
digital preservation
In library and archival science, digital preservation is a formal endeavor to ensure that digital information of continuing value remains accessible and usable. It involves planning, resource allocation, and application of preservation methods an ...
services of
Harvard University Libraries. The GDFR was begun in 2005, and is an example of an initiative exploring ways to create a sustainable
data
In the pursuit of knowledge, data (; ) is a collection of discrete values that convey information, describing quantity, quality, fact, statistics, other basic units of meaning, or simply sequences of symbols that may be further interpret ...
format registry.
[''A DRIVER's Guide to European Repositories'' ed. Kasja Weenink, Leonardus Johannes Maria Waaijers, Karen van Godtsenhoven - 2008 "The Global Digital Format Registry (GDFR) is an example of an initiative that investigates the possibilities to establish a sustainable data format registry."]
References
External links
harvard.edu GDFR
Harvard Library
Organizations established in 2005
Preservation (library and archival science)
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