ted, the preserver must understand the degree of interoperability of certain 
types and formats of digital components. This understanding will provide a basis for the 
preserver to assess the capability of the preservation system to preserve the digital components 
and their relationships as they emerge from the creator’s record-making and recordkeeping 
systems.  
Highly interoperable formats—that is, formats that are not tied to specific applications or 
versions of applications—are generally seen to prov