This article sums up where we are with digital medium long term storage:<div><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/storage/long-term-personal-data-storage/376">http://www.zdnet.com/blog/storage/long-term-personal-data-storage/376</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/storage/long-term-personal-data-storage/376"></a>There was an article talking about a research project (If only I could remember who) that worked with producing a plastic (which isn't biodegradable, resists heat etc...). The article on the methodology, which was (as usual in the news) not described in any detail. The news seemed more interested in reporting peoples reactions to the new technology than the new technology itself. But my interpretation is:</div>
<div>That has the binary data printed on plastic like a brail book (much smaller scale) which doesn't break down and can be easily stored in an archive environment. </div><div><br></div><div>Part of the issue with storage mediums is that with digital storage it is comparatively easy to copy digital files than it is/was to copy say VHS data.<br>
<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 27 August 2010 11:29, Karl Buckland <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:buckland.karl@googlemail.com">buckland.karl@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On 27 August 2010 11:26, Mike Evans <<a href="mailto:mike@tandem.f9.co.uk">mike@tandem.f9.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
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> The British Library currently has on display works in early English<br>
> published about 600 years ago. The medium was paper and a coloured deposit<br>
> generally based on carbon (lamp-black) or ground minerals. They last very<br>
> well provided light is limited - which is the norm in closed books. They<br>
> tried transferring it to microfilm starting in 1938 - but have found that<br>
> medium somewhat less reliable than the original. Some lessons of history,<br>
> it would seem, have yet to be learned.<br>
><br>
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</div>Maybe the lesson is just 'Keep things as simple as possible'.<br>
Techically storing things digitally should help, but of course you<br>
need to always keep the storage medium up to date!<br>
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Karl<br>
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