durable digital in current technology-->stewardship
[ Home ][ Thread ][ Subject ][ Author ][ Date ]Patricia Galloway
Mon, 20 Apr 1998 09:07:01 -0500
Stewart Brand pointed to the perils of dependence on stewardship; it
seems to me that the most secure infrastructure for the preservation of
information is an immortal institution whose self-preservation is bound
up with the preservation of the information: religions and governments
come to mind (e.g., medieval scriptoria and chancelleries). Without
continuity in such an infrastructure, information encoded in even the
most durable forms will be lost (e.g., Stonehenge).
Pat Galloway
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