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ERDC Knowledge Core Help


How to Register

Users may register with ERDC Knowledge Core by creating an account. Registration is necessary to submit content and to receive e-mail updates when new content is added. Before submitting material to Knowledge Core for the first time, there are two, one-time only steps required:

  1. Contact the library staff at erdclibrary@ask-a-librarian.info and ask that they create an account for you.
  2. Contact the library staff at erdclibrary@ask-a-librarian.info and get approved to submit by sending library staff the name of the Collection or Collections to which you want to submit.

How to Login

Go to the ERDC Knowledge Core Login page.

How to Submit

See How to Submit to ERDC Knowledge Core page.

Persistent URLs

When your item becomes a part of the ERDC Knowledge Core it is assigned a persistent URL. This means that, unlike most URLs, this identifier will not have to be changed when the system migrates to new hardware, or when changes are made to the system. ERDC Knowledge Core is committed to maintaining the integrity of this identifier so that you can safely use it to refer to your item when citing it in publications or other communications. Our persistent urls are registered with the Handle System, a comprehensive system for assigning, managing, and resolving persistent identifiers, known as "handles," for digital objects and other resources on the Internet. The Handle System is administered by the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI), which undertakes, fosters, and promotes research in the public interest.

For technical and other reports that go through the ERDC editing process, we will additionally assign a Digital Object Identifier (DOI). The DOI will appear with the handle as a "Permanent Link" for the item. ERDC Knowledge Core DOIs are registered though CrossRef, which provides an additional layer of discovery through their metadata registry and search tool.

My Profile/Account

If you are a registered ERDC Knowledge Core user and have logged in, the "Login" menu option will change to a "My Account" menu. Here you will find:

Recommended File Formats

The ERDC Knowledge Core can accept many electronic file formats. As stated in the DSpace at ERDC Preservation Support Policy, the LSKM Branch is committed to preserving the binary form of the digital object of content deposited in ERDC Knowledge Core. As resources permit, the ERDC LSKM Branch will also take further measures to preserve as much functionality ("look and feel") of the original content as possible.

The long-term preservation of the complete and original functionality of certain file formats, however, may not be practical or possible. Research and experience has shown that the likelihood of successful long-term preservation of content is much higher when file formats possess the following characteristics:

Below is a table of file formats. Those formats in the second column exhibit the characteristics above and thus have a high probability of full preservation. Those in the right-hand column have a low probability of being fully preserved over time. Those formats in the middle are preferred over their counterparts in the right-hand column, but assurance of their long-term preservation is not as high as the left-hand column.

It is recommended that those depositing content in ERDC Knowledge Core use formats in the left-hand column if at all possible, and consider methods for converting files with low probability to formats with higher probability.

For help in accessing where your digital content falls within this table, or consulting about strategies for converting files from one format to another, please contact the LSKM Branch.

Digital Content: Probability for full long-term preservation

Content High Medium Low
Text • Plain text (encoding: USASCII, UTF-8, UTF-16 with BOM)
• XML (includes XSD/XSL/XHTML, etc.; with included or accessible schema)
• PDF/A-1 (ISO 19005-1) (*.pdf)
• Cascading Style Sheets (*.css)
• DTD (*.dtd)
• Plain text (ISO 8859-1 encoding
• PDF (*.pdf) (embedded fonts)
• Rich Text Format 1.x (*.rtf)
• HTML (include a DOCTYPE declaration)
• SGML (*.sgml)
• Open Office (*.sxw/*.odt)
• OOXML (ISO/IEC DIS 29500) (*.docx)
• Microsoft Word 2007 or newer (*.docx)
• PDF (*.pdf) (encrypted)
• Microsoft Word 2003 or older (*.doc)
• WordPerfect (*.wpd)
• DVI (*.dvi)
• All other text formats not listed
Raster Image • TIFF (uncompressed)
• JPEG2000 (lossless) (*.jp2)
• PNG (*.png)
• BMP (*.bmp)
• JPEG/JFIF (*.jpg)
• JPEG2000 (lossy) (*.jp2)
• TIFF (compressed)
• GIF (*.gif)
• Digital Negative DNG (*.dng)
• MrSID (*.sid)
• TIFF (in Planar format)
• FlashPix (*.fpx)
• PhotoShop (*.psd)
• RAW
• JPEG 2000 Part 2 (*.jpf, *.jpx)
• All other raster image formats not listed
Vector Graphics • SVG (no Java script binding) (*.svg) • Computer Graphic Metafile (CGM, WebCGM) (*.cgm) • Encapsulated Postscript (EPS)
• Macromedia Flash (*.swf)
• All other vector image formats not listed
Audio • AIFF (96kHz 16bit PCM) (*.aif, *.aiff)
• WAV (96kHz 24bit PCM) (*.wav)
• SUN Audio (uncompressed) (*.au)
• Standard MIDI (*.mid, *.midi)
• Ogg Vorbis (*.ogg)
• Free Lossless Audio Codec (*.flac)
• Advance Audio Coding (*.mp4, *.m4a, *.aac)
• MP3 (MPEG-1/2, Layer 3) (*.mp3)
• AIFC (compressed) (*.aifc)
• NeXT SND (*.snd)
• RealNetworks 'Real Audio' (*.ra, *.rm, *.ram)
• Windows Media Audio (*.wma)
• Protected AAC (*.m4p)
• WAV (compressed) (*.wav)
• All other audio formats not listed
Video • Motion JPEG 2000 (ISO/IEC 15444-4)??*.mj2)
• AVI (uncompressed/native, motion JPEG) (*.avi)
• QuickTime Movie (uncompressed/native, motion JPEG) (*.mov)
• Ogg Theora (*.ogg)
• MPEG-1, MPEG-2 (*.mpg, *.mpeg, wrapped in AVI, MOV)
• MPEG-4 (H.263, H.264) (*.mp4, wrapped in AVI, MOV)
• AVI (others) (*.avi)
• QuickTime Movie (others) (*.mov)
• RealNetworks 'Real Video' (*.rv)
• Windows Media Video (*.wmv)
• All other video formats not listed
Spreadsheet/ Database • Character delimited text (ASCII or Unicode preferred):
      • Comma Separated Values (*.csv)
      • Delimited Text (*.txt)
• SQL Data Definition Language
• OOXML (ISO/IEC DIS 29500) (*.xlsx)
• Excel 2007 or newer (*.xlsx)
• OpenOffice (*.sxc/*.ods)
• DBF (*.dbf)
• Excel 2003 or older (*.xls)
• All other spreadsheet/ database formats not listed
Virtual Reality • X3D (*.x3d) • VRML (*.wrl, *.vrml)
• U3D (Universal 3D file format)
• All other virtual reality formats not listed
Computer Programs • Uncompiled computer program source code (*.c, *.cpp, *.java, *.js, *.jsp, *.php, *.pl, *.py, etc.)   • Compiled / Executable files (EXE, *.class, COM, DLL, BIN, DRV, OVL, SYS, PIF)
Presentation   • OpenOffice (*.sxi/*.odp)
• OOXML (ISO/IEC DIS 29500) (*.pptx)
• PowerPoint 2007 or newer (*.pptx)
• PowerPoint 2003 or older (*.ppt)
• All other presentation formats not listed

How to Get Additional Help

For additional help with ERDC Knowledge Core, contact an ERDC Knowledge Core administrator, or email us at erdclibrary@ask-a-librarian.info.