Preservation

Linked Open Data for Digital Still Image Formats

Digital still images are digitally encoded representations of the tonal and brightness information of a subject into a bitmap. Data from digital cameras and scanning devices record light characteristics as numerical values into a grid or raster of picture elements (pixels). There are two types of raster file digital image categories: Digital still photographs of natural, real-world scenes or subjects produced by digital cameras, and scanned images of textual documents, illustrations, posters, graphics, cartographic records, photographic prints, slides, and negatives.

Image file formats are standardized means of organizing and storing rasterized data that can be used on a computer display or printer.

The significant properties of digital still images are documented in a Digital Still Image Preservation Plan, which can be used as test criteria for tools and processes used in format transformations.

NARA makes its Linked Open Data available in the Resource Description Framework Terse RDF Triple Language, or RDF Turtle (.ttl files). These files can be opened in any text editor. The Digital Preservation Framework as Linked Open Data includes the same elements as are available in the version of the Preservation Plans on GitHub.

These Plans are not exhaustive nor universally applicable proposed actions and recommended or endorsed tools: these represent file formats and variant versions in NARA holdings, the current NARA risk assessment, processing capabilities, and tools in use at NARA.

 

Format NameDigital Preservation Framework Category/CategoriesNARA Format IDNARA Linked Open Data TTL
Adobe PhotoDeluxeDigital Still ImageNF00104https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00104.ttl
Adobe PhotoshopDigital Still ImageNF00105https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00105.ttl
CALS Compressed BitmapDigital Still ImageNF00139https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00139.ttl
Canon RAW 1.0Digital Still ImageNF00468https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00468.ttl
Canon RAW 2.0Digital Still ImageNF00469https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00469.ttl
CCITT T.4 Group 3 compression (Fax image file)Digital Still ImageNF00191https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00191.ttl
CCITT T.6 Group 4 compression (Fax image file)Digital Still ImageNF00488https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00488.ttl
Computer Graphics Metafile Binary 1Digital Still ImageNF00145https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00145.ttl
Computer Graphics Metafile Binary 2Digital Still ImageNF00546https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00546.ttl
Computer Graphics Metafile Binary 3Digital Still ImageNF00547https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00547.ttl
Computer Graphics Metafile Binary 4Digital Still ImageNF00548https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00548.ttl
Computer Graphics Metafile Binary unspecified versionDigital Still ImageNF00783https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00783.ttl
CorelDraw Wavelet Image FileDigital Still ImageNF00149https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00149.ttl
Design rule for Camera File system (DCF) Thumbnail FileDigital Still ImageNF00738https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00738.ttl
Digital Negative Format 1.0Digital Still ImageNF00161https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00161.ttl
Digital Negative Format 1.1Digital Still ImageNF00480https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00480.ttl
Digital Negative Format 1.2Digital Still ImageNF00481https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00481.ttl
Digital Negative Format 1.3Digital Still ImageNF00482https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00482.ttl
Digital Negative Format 1.4Digital Still ImageNF00483https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00483.ttl
Digital Negative Format unspecified versionDigital Still ImageNF00763https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00763.ttl
Enhanced Metafile 1.0Digital Design and Vector Graphics|Digital Still ImageNF00258https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00258.ttl
Enhanced Metafile 2.0Digital Design and Vector Graphics|Digital Still ImageNF00500https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00500.ttl
Enhanced Metafile 3.0Digital Design and Vector Graphics|Digital Still ImageNF00501https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00501.ttl
Enhanced Metafile unspecified versionDigital Design and Vector Graphics|Digital Still ImageNF00768https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00768.ttl
Exchangeable Image File Format Compressed 2.0Digital Still ImageNF00177https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00177.ttl
Exchangeable Image File Format Compressed 2.1Digital Still ImageNF00178https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00178.ttl
Exchangeable Image File Format Compressed 2.2Digital Still ImageNF00179https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00179.ttl
Exchangeable Image File Format Compressed 2.21Digital Still ImageNF00828https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00828.ttl
Exchangeable Image File Format Compressed 2.3.xDigital Still ImageNF00829https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00829.ttl
Exchangeable Image File Format Uncompressed 2.1Digital Still ImageNF00180https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00180.ttl
Exchangeable Image File Format Uncompressed 2.2Digital Still ImageNF00181https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00181.ttl
Fractal Image FileDigital Still ImageNF00196https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00196.ttl
FujiFilm RAWDigital Still ImageNF00470https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00470.ttl
Geospatial Tagged Image File Format (GeoTIFF)Geospatial|Digital Still ImageNF00201https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00201.ttl
Graphics Interchange Format 87aDigital Still ImageNF00202https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00202.ttl
Graphics Interchange Format 89aDigital Still ImageNF00203https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00203.ttl
Graphics Interchange Format unspecified versionDigital Still ImageNF00652https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00652.ttl
High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF)Digital Still ImageNF00638https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00638.ttl
High Efficiency Image File Format with HEVC compression (HEIC)Digital Still ImageNF00639https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00639.ttl
Icon file formatDigital Still ImageNF00210https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00210.ttl
JPEG 2000 File FormatDigital Still ImageNF00219https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00219.ttl
JPEG File Interchange Format 1.00Digital Still ImageNF00220https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00220.ttl
JPEG File Interchange Format 1.01Digital Still ImageNF00491https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00491.ttl
JPEG File Interchange Format 1.02Digital Still ImageNF00492https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00492.ttl
JPEG Raw StreamDigital Still ImageNF00493https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00493.ttl
JPEG Tiled Image Pyramid (JTIP)Digital Still ImageNF00221https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00221.ttl
JPEG unspecified versionDigital Still ImageNF00641https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00641.ttl
JPEG XLDigital Still ImageNF00802https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00802.ttl
Kodak Photo-EnhancerDigital Still ImageNF00471https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00471.ttl
Kodak PhotoCDDigital Still ImageNF00224https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00224.ttl
Kodak RAWDigital Still ImageNF00472https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00472.ttl
LuraDocument FormatDigital Still Image|Presentation and PublishingNF00728https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00728.ttl
Macintosh PICT unspecified versionDigital Still ImageNF00786https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00786.ttl
MacPaint GraphicsDigital Still ImageNF00240https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00240.ttl
MacPaint ImageDigital Still ImageNF00241https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00241.ttl
MET MetafileDigital Still ImageNF00248https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00248.ttl
Meta Raster FormatDigital Still ImageNF00704https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00704.ttl
Microsoft Document Imaging FormatDigital Still ImageNF00777https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00777.ttl
Multiresolution Seamless Image Database (MrSID)Digital Still Image|GeospatialNF00813https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00813.ttl
National Imagery Transmission Format 1.0Digital Still ImageNF00692https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00692.ttl
National Imagery Transmission Format 1.1Digital Still ImageNF00693https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00693.ttl
National Imagery Transmission Format 2.0Digital Still ImageNF00694https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00694.ttl
National Imagery Transmission Format 2.1Digital Still ImageNF00695https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00695.ttl
National Imagery Transmission Format unspecified versionDigital Still ImageNF00764https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00764.ttl
Nikon Electronic Format RAW Image (NEF)Digital Still ImageNF00341https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00341.ttl
Nikon RAW (NRW)Digital Still ImageNF00473https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00473.ttl
Olympus RAWDigital Still ImageNF00474https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00474.ttl
OS/2 Bitmap 1.0Digital Still ImageNF00350https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00350.ttl
OS/2 Bitmap 2.0Digital Still ImageNF00515https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00515.ttl
OS/2 Bitmap unspecified versionDigital Still ImageNF00765https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00765.ttl
PaintShop Pro Browser Cache FileDigital Still ImageNF00355https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00355.ttl
PaintShop Pro Image version 2Digital Still ImageNF00354https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00354.ttl
PaintShop Pro Image version 3Digital Still ImageNF00516https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00516.ttl
PaintShop Pro Image version 4Digital Still ImageNF00517https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00517.ttl
PaintShop Pro Image version 5Digital Still ImageNF00518https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00518.ttl
PaintShop Pro Image version 6Digital Still ImageNF00519https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00519.ttl
PaintShop Pro Image version 7Digital Still ImageNF00520https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00520.ttl
PaintShop Pro Image version 8Digital Still ImageNF00521https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00521.ttl
PCPaint ImageDigital Still ImageNF00356https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00356.ttl
Pentax RAWDigital Still ImageNF00475https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00475.ttl
PiCture eXchange (PCX) version 0Digital Still ImageNF00522https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00522.ttl
PiCture eXchange (PCX) version 2Digital Still ImageNF00523https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00523.ttl
PiCture eXchange (PCX) version 3Digital Still ImageNF00524https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00524.ttl
PiCture eXchange (PCX) version 4Digital Still ImageNF00525https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00525.ttl
PiCture eXchange (PCX) version 5Digital Still ImageNF00359https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00359.ttl
PiCture eXchange (PCX) unspecified versionDigital Still ImageNF00843https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00843.ttl
Pixel Image FileDigital Still ImageNF00812https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00812.ttl
Portable Network Graphics 1.0Digital Still ImageNF00381https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00381.ttl
Portable Network Graphics 1.1Digital Still ImageNF00382https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00382.ttl
Portable Network Graphics 1.2Digital Still ImageNF00383https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00383.ttl
Portable Network Graphics unspecified versionDigital Still ImageNF00647https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00647.ttl
Radiance HDR (RGBE)Digital Still ImageNF00810https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00810.ttl
Raw BitmapDigital Still ImageNF00395https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00395.ttl
Scitex CT ImageDigital Still ImageNF00405https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00405.ttl
Sigma RAWDigital Still ImageNF00476https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00476.ttl
Sony Alpha RAW 1.xDigital Still ImageNF00809https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00809.ttl
Sony RAWDigital Still ImageNF00477https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00477.ttl
Sun Raster ImageDigital Still ImageNF00417https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00417.ttl
Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) 1-6Digital Still ImageNF00419https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00419.ttl
Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) unspecified versionDigital Still ImageNF00762https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00762.ttl
Tagged Image File Format for Electronic Photography (TIFF/EP)Digital Still ImageNF00420https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00420.ttl
Tagged Image File Format for Image Technology (TIFF/IT)Digital Still ImageNF00421https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00421.ttl
Tagged Image File Format for Internet Fax (TIFF-FX)Digital Still ImageNF00422https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00422.ttl
Truevision TGA 1.0Digital Still ImageNF00428https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00428.ttl
Truevision TGA 2.0Digital Still ImageNF00530https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00530.ttl
Windows Animated CursorDigital Still ImageNF00811https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00811.ttl
Windows Bitmap 1.0 / Windows Device-Dependent BitmapDigital Still ImageNF00441https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00441.ttl
Windows Bitmap 3.0Digital Still ImageNF00442https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00442.ttl
Windows Bitmap 3.x NTDigital Still ImageNF00443https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00443.ttl
Windows Bitmap 4.0Digital Still ImageNF00624https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00624.ttl
Windows Bitmap 5.0Digital Still ImageNF00625https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00625.ttl
Windows Bitmap unspecified versionDigital Still ImageNF00661https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00661.ttl
Windows Cursor image fileDigital Still ImageNF00687https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00687.ttl
Windows Metafile ImageDigital Still ImageNF00448https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00448.ttl
WordPerfect Graphics 1.0Digital Still ImageNF00787https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00787.ttl
WordPerfect Graphics 2.0Digital Still ImageNF00788https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00788.ttl
WordPerfect Graphics unspecified versionDigital Still ImageNF00848https://www.archives.gov/files/lod/dpframework/id/NF00848.ttl
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