Hi Bob,
I am very concerned to hear the view that cd-rom is not a
very good archive medium. It certainly adds fuel to the
notion that paper is the best medium for
preserving the longevity of info.
I also agree that html and its variants such as xml are
likely to be preserved. So perhaps the best way forward is
to archive material on computers in such a mark-up
language. I doubt however that other programming tools such
as java etc will enjoy the longevity that we hope the
mark-up languages will, so keep web sites simple folks!
> Copyright law has been tightened to protect copyright until 80 years after
> death of the author. This totally frustrates 'reprinting' and the like.
> With multi-author works (LSJ is an excellent example) in, let us say, 50
> years time, there is little chance that all the (by then mostly deceased)
> authors will have appointed a literary executor and, even if they had, who
> will know who that person is?
80 years now, i thought is was only 60! This is becoming a
nightmare!
Is there any way around this other than the unacceptable
way of the author signing over the right to reproduce work
to whomever is in charge of the journal?
> Makes maintaining paper-based archives seem easy, doesn't it???
Hmm, i am gradually being persuaded to produce a paper
journal - darn it!!!!!
Thanks for the info,
Rich
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