About file formats
To properly archive and give access to a file in DSpace@Cambridge, we need to know what format it is, for example "PDF", "HTML", or "OpenDocument format". In order to facilitate preservation of the deposited content stored in DSpace@Cambridge we need to ascertain that the content are stored in file formats that are either open or well known and described. Below you will find a list of formats all recommended by the DSpace@Cambridge team. The list is not exhaustive, please contact us if you have content you wish to deposit in other formats.
| Name |
MIME type | Extensions |
Description |
| application/pdf |
pdf |
Portable document format |
|
| ODF |
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation |
odt, ods, odp |
Open document format |
| HTML |
text/html |
htm, html | HyperText Markup Language |
| XML |
application/xml |
xml |
Extensible Markup Language |
| Text | text/plain |
txt, asc |
Plain text |
| WAV | audio/wav audio/wave audio/x-wav |
wav | Waveform audio format, lossless
audio |
| AIFF |
audio/x-aiff audio/aiff |
aiff, aif, aifc |
Audio Interchange File Format, lossless audio |
| VORBIS |
audio/ogg |
ogg, oga |
Lossy audio |
| DNG |
dng |
Digital negative |
|
| TIFF |
image/tiff, image/tiff-fx |
tiff, tif |
Tagged Image File Format |
| PNG |
image/png | png |
Portable Network Graphics |
| JPEG |
image/jpeg |
.jpeg, .jpg, .jpe jfif, .jfi, .jif |
JPEG Interchange Format |
| MPEG | video/mpeg | mpeg, mpg, mpe |
|