Sun, 25 Jan 2004

Guide to Digital Preservation from NIST

I've got a book sitting on my shelf which has scared me for a couple of years now: Dark Ages II When the Digital Data Die. This article from NIST tries to show a path to prevent the horrors described in the book from comping to pass. Given the propensity for locking stuff up with crypto and copyright, however, I remain profopundly pessimistic.

It talks about the effects of light, moisture, radiation, scratches, marking, adhesive labels, and even playback on the discs.

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