24 May
2005
24 May
'05
2:02 p.m.
On Mon, 23 May 2005, Tim Riker wrote:
Dwight K. Elvey wrote:
Sure, I get it. A Library is an Archive that is Useful. =)
An archive is meant for the preservation of artifacts and information.
The materials it contains are permanent, and usually older or outdated.
A library is much more ephemeral. Its contents constantly rotate,
migrate, and dissipate, and regnerate; it changes over time. An archive
does not: it just keeps accumulating materials and rarely (if ever)
deletes content.
An archive is as useful as a library. However, an archive is more likely
to provide historic materials, whereas a library contains more current
information for study.
This is the difference.
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From:
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That's not the definition of an "archive". You're thinking of a
library.
I've been trying to explain the difference between an archive
and distribution of data. So far, they just don't get it.