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This chapter describes the pattern “Proprietary Format Recognition”. The episode describes the adventures of Robert for understanding a file with an unknown format. The technical sections discuss approaches for recognizing file formats, digital preservation-friendly formats, and objects serialization.
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Tzitzikas, Y., Marketakis, Y. (2018). The File MyContacts.con: On Reading Unknown Digital Resources. In: Cinderella's Stick. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98488-9_15
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