10 Aug
2004
10 Aug
'04
12:50 p.m.
On Tue, 10 Aug 2004, Paul Koning wrote:
When you say "archiving" what span of time
do you mean? A year? A
decade? A century? Longer?
Is forever too ambitious? :)
The idea is to create a standard for representing the data, not a medium.
Media with near-infinite longevity will be the next undertaking :)
(See also www.longnow.org)
Is there a specific section you want to refer me to?
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