Archivists say computers have no sense of history, spotted by an alert reader, covers InterPARES. That’s short for International research on Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic Systems.
They are searching for “electronic amber,” a digital equivalent of the resin that has preserved fossilized insects for millions of years.
They hope to have a prototype system for “persistent archives” in a year or two.
It’s a challenge that makes the Y2K computer problem look like “a piece of cake,” according to Carlin.
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