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 > > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------- > Goettingen State and University Library > Olaf Brandt > Project kopal > Tel.: +49-551-39-7805 > Email: [log in to unmask] > http://www.sub.uni-goettingen.de/ > http://kopal.langzeitarchivierung.de/ >