[SPG_Active_Members] Swiss format archive

[Paula Newman]

Digression but---You don't even need device or format obsolescence to lose important documents; just lack of planning.   About 18 months ago I heard a story on NPR about how documents concerning the origins of the Iraq war (II) were being lost because, for some time, the US National Archives refused to accept material in .doc format (requiring .pdf or ?), and people were starting to discard the machines on which the documents were stored.  

Paula

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Larry Masinter 
To: Henry Gladney;CHM SCC
Sent: 5/19/2010 5:20:40 PM 
Subject: RE: [SPG_Active_Members] Swiss format archive


Surely there are some technical papers about such a deep and important project, rather than just a news article?
 
 
Larry
 
 
 
From: scc_active-bounces at computerhistory.org [mailto:scc_active-bounces at computerhistory.org] On Behalf Of Henry Gladney
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 3:44 PM
To: CHM SCC
Subject: [SPG_Active_Members] Swiss format archive
 
Perhaps of interest: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64H4GE20100519

Best wishes, Henry

H.M. Gladney, Ph.D.   http://home.pacbell.net/hgladney/   (408)867-3933 (personal)   (408)940-7650 (professional)
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