Many thanks, Olaf, this should help.

Still, I'm not completely happy with this procedure. I would prefer to have all format-related information, including those related to encoding, in the same place, instead of shattered across different sections. Any thoughts about this?

Best,
Georg

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: PREMIS Implementors Group Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Im
> Auftrag von Olaf Brandt
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 1. Juni 2006 12:36
> An: [log in to unmask]
> Betreff: Re: [PIG] charset encoding of text files
>
>
> Hi Georg,
>
> this information should be kept in a different section or Container,
> where you can store file format specific information. textMD could be
> one idea for that purpose.
>
> Olaf
>
>
> Georg Buechler schrieb:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > a quick question: we want to record PREMIS metadata for
> plain text files (tab separated values, encoding UTF-8, CRLF
> as line separator). Since there is as yet no format registry
> that offers full support for this kind of file format we are
> wondering how to record the encoding in PREMIS. As I
> understand there is no place for this information in the
> format element. How do others deal with this problem?
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > Georg
>
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