RE: [-empyre-] archiving

[EAF Director <director@eaf.asn.au>]

> One of the benefits of having a 'sentient' process is that strategies
> for preservation could be implemented on a case-by-case basis as the
> time and needs arrive. Something that I'm sure PANDORA has considered,
> and I'd be very interested in hearing about more, are the ideas around
> not only the archiving the Internet, but how the systems of media are to
> be made available in 100, or 500 years time when we can only guess the
> relationship of user to digital networked media will be entirely
> different.

Isn't it strange that  the only reliable medium in image archiving 
and preservation
(and especially if you expect your image to last for more than 500 
years) is Microfilm?
Not very digital, I know, but taking into consideration the meager 15 
- 20 year life span of  CDs, DVDs, and the other carriers of 
information, makes one one think twice about the concept of the 
technologically outdated.

Cheers,

Melentie

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