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PRONOM signatures are a form of declarative language, you describe the anticipated behavior in PRONOM’s regular expression syntax and tools like DROID, FIDO, and Siegfried will interpret those instructions and attempt to match them against different files…

Shortened links are a digital preservation and web archiving nightmare.

Just a quick note wishing Carl peace wherever he is now and to send my best wishes to Becky and his family, and of course his colleagues at the OPF and everyone else who worked closely with him.

There aren’t many rewards in a discipline that is about taking the long term view but occasionally something comes up that you can take some pride in.

Last year I wrote about pitfalls in modern journalism, especially with regards to receiving documents and information from whistleblowers without offering them adequate protection.

The beats are the same.

With the recent announcement that Orcfax is heading into operational mode, it’s a bittersweet moment that means our adventure in the web3 space is almost at an end.

The Serpentine is one of the world’s most renowned art galleries.

Contributing back to the commons in digital preservation hasn’t been for everyone.

When you move country you have to be prepared to change quite a lot about your life.