[ih] Museum-quality archive for this list?

[Jorge Amodio]

Agreed, but who is "we" ?

I think that if funds and bodies are available, on of the first steps after
having some sort of institutional framework should be collecting/acquiring
and curating materials and provide temporary storage while some working
group starts to work on a permanent long term solution.

I agree it is not an easy task and there are probably many variables but
just talking it can't be done only means it will never exist.

Cheers
Jorge


On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 7:03 AM John Day via Internet-history <
internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> We have no means of archival store for digital material. Archival has to
> last 500 years or more. (I am often using materials that old.) Not only are
> we not sure the storage media last that long, but having something that
> reads it is the real problem.)
>
> > On Nov 15, 2021, at 21:53, Bill Woodcock via Internet-history <
> internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> >
> >>> On Nov 15, 2021, at 20:37, Dave Crocker via Internet-history <
> internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> >>> I got a private note asking about a paid archive at archive.org.  I
> think that a reasonable question and possibly worth doing on it own.
> Whether that qualifies as 'museum quality' isn't something I can assess.
> >
> > Well, it’s what we’ve got for “archival quality” on the Internet right
> now, and if it’s not good enough, that means Brewster needs more support.
> >
> >                                -Bill
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