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Electronic FERC Tariffs. File Formats for Tariff Content. File Format Requirements. Practical …must lend itself to tariff content Accurate Reproduction …must look the same to everyone Ease of Production …must be producible using readily available tools Assembly - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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File Formats for Tariff ContentFile Formats for Tariff Content

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Prepared by Gary Kravis – UNICON, Inc.

PracticalPractical ……must lend itself to tariff contentmust lend itself to tariff content

Accurate ReproductionAccurate Reproduction ……must look the same to everyonemust look the same to everyone

Ease of ProductionEase of Production ……must be producible using readily available toolsmust be producible using readily available tools

AssemblyAssembly ……must be combinable and lend itself to the programmatic must be combinable and lend itself to the programmatic

insertion of contentinsertion of content National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

……must adhere to NARA standards: 36 CFR 1228.270must adhere to NARA standards: 36 CFR 1228.270

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Microsoft Word Document (DOC)Microsoft Word Document (DOC) Adobe Acrobat PDFAdobe Acrobat PDF Rich Text Format (RTF)Rich Text Format (RTF) Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) Plain Text (TXT)Plain Text (TXT)

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Evaluate how well each file format satisfies each Evaluate how well each file format satisfies each requirementrequirement – – does not satisfy requirementdoes not satisfy requirement – – partly/mostly satisfies requirementpartly/mostly satisfies requirement – – fully satisfies requirementfully satisfies requirement

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Microsoft Word DocumentMicrosoft Word Document Adobe Acrobat PDFAdobe Acrobat PDF Rich Text FormatRich Text Format Hypertext Markup LanguageHypertext Markup Language

lacks rich content capabilitieslacks rich content capabilities Plain TextPlain Text

no formattingno formatting lacks rich content capabilitieslacks rich content capabilities

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Microsoft Word DocumentMicrosoft Word Document issues: printer drivers, non-standard fontsissues: printer drivers, non-standard fonts

Adobe Acrobat PDFAdobe Acrobat PDF Rich Text FormatRich Text Format

rendering differences common across variety of toolsrendering differences common across variety of tools Hypertext Markup LanguageHypertext Markup Language

rendering differences common across variety of toolsrendering differences common across variety of tools Plain TextPlain Text

issues: character sets, tab interpretationissues: character sets, tab interpretation

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Microsoft Word DocumentMicrosoft Word Document Adobe Acrobat PDFAdobe Acrobat PDF

requires additional steprequires additional step Rich Text FormatRich Text Format Hypertext Markup LanguageHypertext Markup Language Plain TextPlain Text

issues: tables, tab stops, formulasissues: tables, tab stops, formulas

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Microsoft Word DocumentMicrosoft Word Document complex software requiredcomplex software required

Adobe Acrobat PDFAdobe Acrobat PDF complex software requiredcomplex software required

Rich Text FormatRich Text Format complex software requiredcomplex software required

Hypertext Markup LanguageHypertext Markup Language Plain TextPlain Text

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Microsoft Word DocumentMicrosoft Word Document not on NARA listnot on NARA list

Adobe Acrobat PDFAdobe Acrobat PDF Rich Text FormatRich Text Format

not on NARA listnot on NARA list Hypertext Markup LanguageHypertext Markup Language

unclear if this is a NARA-compliant; plus, it is argued by some that unclear if this is a NARA-compliant; plus, it is argued by some that HTML is not truly valid SGMLHTML is not truly valid SGML

Plain TextPlain Text

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RequirementRequirement DOCDOC PDFPDF RTFRTF HTMLHTML TXTTXT

PracticalPractical

Accurate Accurate ReproductionReproduction

Ease of ProductionEase of Production

AssemblyAssembly

NARANARA


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