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Presented at OctoberPDFest online
( 2020, Oct )

A Specification for using PDF to Package and Represent Email

Results from a joint government / education / industry task force

Excerpt: US government and academic preservationists are looking to PDF to take on the fight against email degradation. The EA-PDF (Email Archives in PDF) concept is under development; a document spelling out requirements for archiving email messages, folders or accounts as ISO 32000-2 compliant files. If implemented, EA-PDF would help people preserve email attributes that are currently lost when converted to PDF. Even better, unlike alternative solutions, EA-PDF files could be captured, rendered, manage … Read more
About the presenter(s)

Chris Prom is Associate Dean for Digital Strategies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he coordinates the University Library’s efforts related to resource discovery, information technology, digital preservation, … Read more


Prof. Chris Prom
University of Illinois

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US government and academic preservationists are looking to PDF to take on the fight against email degradation. The EA-PDF (Email Archives in PDF) concept is under development; a document spelling out requirements for archiving email messages, folders or accounts as ISO 32000-2 compliant files.

If implemented, EA-PDF would help people preserve email attributes that are currently lost when converted to PDF. Even better, unlike alternative solutions, EA-PDF files could be captured, rendered, managed and redacted as needed within existing records management and preservation systems.

This webinar will be presented by Professor Chris Prom of the University of Illinois, the leader of the Email in PDF Task Force.


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