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Data storage is the first phase. It is not as simple as it
sounds. The proliferation of formats of digital content has
made it necessary to develop a standard for archiving Internet
objects. The size of the digitized collections must pose a
serious challenge as far as timely retrieval is concerned.
Interoperability issues (numerous formats and readers)
probably requires software and hardware plug-ins to render a
smooth and transparent user interface.
Moreover, as time passes, digital data, stored on magnetic
media, tend to deteriorate. It must be copied to newer media
every 10 years or so ("migration"). Advances in hardware and
software applications render many of the digital records
indecipherable (try reading your word processing files from
1981, stored on 5.25" floppies!). Special emulators of older
hardware and software must be used to decode ancient data
files. And, to ameliorate the impact of inevitable natural
disasters, accidents, bankruptcies of publishers, and
politically motivated destruction of data - multiple copies
and redundant systems and archives must be maintained.
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