If solved
Records Readable for Centuries
Important digital records stay readable for centuries by design: open formats, tested media and institutions funded to keep them.
Open in the interactive tree →It needs media whose lifetime has been observed, not extrapolated, formats and software that can always be rebuilt, legal rights to copy, and custodians with stable funding. Glass storage and web archives are early pieces, but none has centuries of track record yet.
What it brings
- Today's science, law and literature available to future historians
- Court and government records that stay verifiable
- Fewer losses from format change and link rot