1. P reservation and L ong-term A ccess through N ETworked S ervices

2. PARTNERS The British Library National Library, Netherlands Austrian National Library State and University Library, Denmark Royal Library, Denmark National Archives, UK Swiss Federal Archives National Archives, Netherlands Hatii at University of Glasgow University of Freiburg Technical University of Vienna University at Cologne Tessella Plc IBM Netherlands Microsoft Research, Cambridge ARC Seibersdorf research

3. CHALLENGES Preservation Planning Services Characterisation Services Preservation Action Services Test Bed: evaluation and validation services Interoperability Framework Preservation Action Planning Characterization Services Test Bed Interoperability

4. OFFICE DOCUMENTS Microsoft initial mandate within PLANETS: Conversion of Microsoft Office Documents into Office Open XML File Format PROPRIETARY FORMATS OPEN STANDARDS Partner: DIaLOGIKa GmbH, Saarbrücken, Germany

5. Transformer Box (Wrapper) “Binary  OpenXML” TB Interface TB Interface DOCUMENT CONVERSION INFRASTRUCTURE Watch Folder Tool Web Service ToooXML (GUI) Modular and extendible architecture

6. Transformer Box (Wrapper) “ODF  OpenXML” Transformer Box (Wrapper) “WP  OpenXML” Transformer Box (Wrapper) “Binary  OpenXML” TB Interface TB Interface Watch Folder Tool Web Service ToooXML (GUI) DOCUMENT CONVERSION INFRASTRUCTURE

7. Contacts PLANETS Web Site http://www.planets-project.eu/partners/ Natasa Milic-Frayling Microsoft Research Cambridge Research Partnership Programme natasamf@microsoft.com Research Partnership Programme http://research.microsoft.com/aboutmsr/labs/cambridge/ResearchPartnership.aspx http://research.microsoft.com/news/featurestories/publish/ResearchPartnershipProgramme.aspx Wolfgang Keber DIaLOGIKa GmbH www.dialogika.de wk@dialogika.de