[Cellar] the why of CELLAR

[Michael Richardson <[e-mail]>]

In case someone wondered about the why of the CELLAR WG.
Might be worth a blog entry.
cellar-matroska is in the RFC-editor Queue.

(the flag document is still in progress)

https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2023/12/embracing-ffv1-matroska-container-preferred/#:~:text=Starting%20in%202020%2C%20FFV1%2FMKV,constraint%20about%20captions%20and%20timecodes

Introduction
  The digital preservation landscape is ever-evolving, and the Library of
  Congress has recently made a significant update to its Recommended Formats
  Statement (RFS). Updated yearly, the RFS serves as guidance for content
  creators in selecting analog and digital formats most suitable for
  long-term preservation. In an off-cycle review of video formats, the
  Library of Congress decided to upgrade FFV1 (version 3) in Matroska (.mkv)
  container from an “Acceptable Format” to one of five “Preferred Formats”
  for the preservation and long-term access of video materials, reflecting
  its ongoing commitment to staying at the forefront of audiovisual
  preservation. Starting in 2020, FFV1/MKV was added as an “Acceptable”
  format only for video content without closed captions and/or timecode
  information. But recent developments have allowed the upgrade from
  “Acceptable” to “Preferred” and removed the constraint about captions and
  timecodes.


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