File formats

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=Private records= These are records we expect to transfer from recordkeeping systems in our first large donation of digital materials.

Windows Server
Same as Mac Server and Sharepoint Server (mainly working copies of documents, except for A/V project management)

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 * [Adobe Extensible Metadata Platform]
 * Adobe XMP
 * .xmp
 * [Advanced Stream Redirector file]
 * Microsoft ASX Playlist
 * .asx
 * [Batch file]
 * MS-DOS batch file
 * MS-Windows batch file
 * .bat
 * [Microsoft Windows Bitmap Image file]
 * .bmp
 * [Cascading Stylesheet]
 * .css
 * [Comma Separated Values file]
 * .csv
 * [Command Source Code]
 * .cmd
 * [Document type definition]
 * .dtd
 * [Encapsulated PostScript]
 * .eps
 * [Extensible Markup Language]
 * .xml
 * [Extensible Stylesheet Language]
 * .xsl
 * [GNU zip file]
 * GZIP file
 * .gz
 * [Graphics Interchange Format]
 * GIF
 * .gif
 * [Hypertext Markup Language]
 * .html
 * .htm
 * [Microsoft Icon file]
 * .ico
 * [JavaScript file]
 * JavaScript programming files
 * JScript files
 * .js
 * [Java archive file]
 * .jar
 * [Joint Photographic Experts Group]
 * JPEG
 * .jpg
 * [Microsoft Excel Workbook]
 * Microsoft Excel
 * Binary Interchange File Format (BIFF)
 * .xls
 * [Microsoft Office Word]
 * MS-WORD
 * .doc
 * [Moving Picture Experts Group file]
 * MPEG
 * .mpg
 * [Perl script]
 * .pl
 * [Portable Document Format]
 * .pdf
 * [Portable Network Graphics]
 * .png
 * [Python script file]
 * .py
 * [Quicktime (video)]
 * MOV
 * QT
 * .mov
 * [Real Media Metafile]
 * .ram
 * [Rich Text Format]
 * .rtf
 * [Shockwave Flash file]
 * .swf
 * [SQL code]
 * .sql
 * [Tagged Image File Format]
 * .tiff, .tif
 * [Windows Media Player file]
 * .wmv
 * [Visual Basic Scripting file]
 * C Source Code
 * Microsoft Active Scripting language
 * VBScript
 * .vbs
 * [ZIP file]
 * Zip archive file
 * .zip
 * -}
 * [Moving Picture Experts Group file]
 * MPEG
 * .mpg
 * [Perl script]
 * .pl
 * [Portable Document Format]
 * .pdf
 * [Portable Network Graphics]
 * .png
 * [Python script file]
 * .py
 * [Quicktime (video)]
 * MOV
 * QT
 * .mov
 * [Real Media Metafile]
 * .ram
 * [Rich Text Format]
 * .rtf
 * [Shockwave Flash file]
 * .swf
 * [SQL code]
 * .sql
 * [Tagged Image File Format]
 * .tiff, .tif
 * [Windows Media Player file]
 * .wmv
 * [Visual Basic Scripting file]
 * C Source Code
 * Microsoft Active Scripting language
 * VBScript
 * .vbs
 * [ZIP file]
 * Zip archive file
 * .zip
 * -}
 * .swf
 * [SQL code]
 * .sql
 * [Tagged Image File Format]
 * .tiff, .tif
 * [Windows Media Player file]
 * .wmv
 * [Visual Basic Scripting file]
 * C Source Code
 * Microsoft Active Scripting language
 * VBScript
 * .vbs
 * [ZIP file]
 * Zip archive file
 * .zip
 * -}
 * C Source Code
 * Microsoft Active Scripting language
 * VBScript
 * .vbs
 * [ZIP file]
 * Zip archive file
 * .zip
 * -}
 * -}

Outlying systems
All outlying systems data will be exported to Sharepoint lists or MS Excel spreadsheets.

=Public Records from TRIM=

Formats

 * Audio Video Interleave (AVI)
 * Bitmap (BMP)
 * MS Word (DOC)
 * MS Word Office Open XML with Macros Enabled(DOCM)
 * Microsoft Open Office XML (DOCX)
 * Plain text graph descriptions(DOT)
 * Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)
 * Hypertext Markup Language(HTM and HTML)
 * Adobe InDesign Document (INDD)
 * JPEG, Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPG)
 * Javascript Source Code (JS)
 * MS Access Database (MDB)
 * MS Project File (MPP)
 * MS Outlook (MSG)
 * Portable Document Format (PDF)
 * Portable Network Graphics (PNG)
 * MS PowerPoint (PPT)
 * MS PowerPoint Office Open XML (PPTX)
 * Report (RPT)
 * Rich Text (RTF)
 * Tagged Image File Format (TIFF or TIF)
 * TRIM Reference File (TR5)
 * Text(TXT)
 * Virtual Mailbox (VMBX - what TRIM converts emails to)
 * MS Visio Drawing (VSD)
 * Windows Media Video (WMV)
 * Word Perfect Document (WPD)
 * MS Windows Media Redirector (WVX)
 * MS Excel (XLS)
 * MS Excel Office Open XML (XLSX)
 * MS Excel Template (XLT)
 * Data Compression file (ZIP)