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PRONOM is a web-based technical registry to support digital preservation services, developed by The National Archives of the United Kingdom. PRONOM was the first and remains, to date, the only operational public file format registry in the world, although the "Magic File" repository of the File Command has served this role in a less formal capacity for two decades. Other projects to develop technical registries like the UK Digital Curation Centre's Representation Information Registry, and the Global Digital Format Registry project at Harvard University seem to have both been discontinued. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: PRONOMA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: L’emploi du pronom sujet explétif il en français moderne : une analyse micro-diachronique de l’oralInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Pronouns and word order in Old EnglishThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Référence et coréférence du pronom indéfini onCited 47 times
  5. Go sideways: Adrian Brown (archivist)A closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: File formatA closely related topic

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