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From: rsb@bromine.mcc.com (Richard S. Brice)
Subject: Re: Publishing Scholarly Work on the Web -- opinions?
Organization: MCC, Austin Texas
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 14:49:21 GMT
Message-ID: <Dz4969.JM3@mcc.com>

In article <325E2071.7990@unix9.ingres.com> Mike Curtis <curmi02@unix9.ingres.com> writes:
>> 
>> J.Sigbrandt wrote:
>> > I think everyone using computers should be aware of these issues.  I for one
>> > now insist that the programs I use store my work in the human readable ascii
>> > format.  It would be difficult to convince me to use a program with a
>
>There cannot be a medium that we can guarantee will last forever and for
>which the technology to read from it will also last so the only possible
>answer to the problem of indefinite storage is to transfer information
>from one format to another and from one format to another when
>necessary. We can make this process easier by considering the documents

Numerous ograniztions exist that collect data at such a high
rate that it is not practical to migrate the data to new
storage technologies.  As a result, there are vaults (warehouses?)
filled with unreadable meadia no matter what format the
data are in.

The Question:  Do these collections of unreadable media meet the
legal requirements pertaining to 
retention of legally auditable data.

R. Brice
MCC
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