diff --git a/Preservation-Plan-en.md b/Preservation-Plan-en.md index 745832d..71b64e5 100644 --- a/Preservation-Plan-en.md +++ b/Preservation-Plan-en.md @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ The actual data objects in Tethys are stored as “data series” (a series of d Tethys’s database schema is constantly adapted to new metadata standards. During this process, already existing metadata of datasets are adapted and extended according to new standards. Great care is taken to not introduce incompatible changes to object’s metadata. -Not all of Tethys’s data is provided in tabular form. Some datasets are only available in compact, community specific binary formats like NetCDF, Geopackage or static images. Long term preservation of those formats is a complex problem, so PANGAEA has developed some format rules before accepting data in binary formats. At the moment, any of the following formats are accepted for archival. If possible, uncompressed formats are preferred: +Not all of Tethys’s data is provided in tabular form. Some datasets are only available in compact, community specific binary formats like NetCDF, Geopackage or static images. Long term preservation of those formats is a complex problem, so Tethys has developed some format rules before accepting data in binary formats. At the moment, any of the following formats are accepted for archival. If possible, uncompressed formats are preferred: images: JPEG, PNG, TIFF documents: PDF-A (preferred), ODF, OOXML