XCL: The Extensible Characterisation Language - One Step towards an Automatic Evaluation of Format Conversions. - Jan Schnasse; Sebastian Beyl; Elona Chudobkaite; Volker Heydegger; Manfred Thaller (ECDL, 2008)

Significant Characteristics to Abstract Content: Long Term Preservation of Information. - Manfred Thaller; Volker Heydegger; Jan Schnasse; Sebastian Beyl; Elona Chudobkaite (ECDL, 2008)

A generic XML language for characterising objects to support digital preservation. - Christoph Becker 001; Andreas Rauber; Volker Heydegger; Jan Schnasse; Manfred Thaller (SAC, 2008)

Systematic Characterisation of Objects in Digital Preservation: The eXtensible Characterisation Languages. - Christoph Becker 001; Andreas Rauber; Volker Heydegger; Jan Schnasse; Manfred Thaller (J. Univers. Comput. Sci., 2008)