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Re: [opensuse] About Backing Up [philosophical]
  • From: Roger Oberholtzer <roger@xxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:32:01 +0100
  • Message-id: <200702211532.01321.roger@xxxxxx>
On Wednesday 21 February 2007 00:07:07 Doug McGarrett wrote:

> I wonder if anyone is seriously considering these problems. or if anybody
> actually cares. I would think that scientists care, but what, if anything,
> is anyone actually doing about it?

The work in this area covers a number of areas. One is, of course, the
physical media. The other is the content. For that, I suggest looking at:

http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/

I especially like to discussion of formats. It covers proprietary and open
standards.

http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/index.shtml

--
Roger Oberholtzer
OPQ Systems AB

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