A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 8493 Title: The BagIt File Packaging Format (V1.0) Author: J. Kunze, J. Littman, E. Madden, J. Scancella, C. Adams Status: Informational Stream: Independent Date: October 2018 Mailbox: jak@ucop.edu, justinlittman@stanford.edu, emad@loc.gov, john.scancella@gmail.com, cadams@loc.gov Pages: 25 Characters: 48783 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-kunze-bagit-17.txt URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8493 DOI: 10.17487/RFC8493 This document describes BagIt, a set of hierarchical file layout conventions for storage and transfer of arbitrary digital content. A "bag" has just enough structure to enclose descriptive metadata "tags" and a file "payload" but does not require knowledge of the payload's internal semantics. This BagIt format is suitable for reliable storage and transfer. INFORMATIONAL: This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce https://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/search For downloading RFCs, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/retrieve/bulk Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC