On Wednesday 21 February 2007 00:07:07 Doug McGarrett wrote:

> I wonder if anyone is seriously considering these problems.  or if anybody
> actually cares.  I would think that scientists care, but what, if anything,
> is anyone actually doing about it?

The work in this area covers a number of areas. One is, of course, the 
physical media. The other is the content. For that, I suggest looking at:

        http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/

I especially like to discussion of formats. It covers proprietary and open 
standards. 

        http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/index.shtml

-- 
Roger Oberholtzer
OPQ Systems AB

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