RE: [xml-dev] Ted Nelson's "XML is Evil"

["Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@ntlworld.com>]

> and they have to be stored on a medium that is long term 
> accessible. i 
> have lots of stuff on floppy disks, tapes, etc that, while 
> archived, is 
> for intents and purposes inaccessible without a trip to the computer 
> museum. the format is only part of the issue.

Of course there are many interesting challenges at the level of storage
media. But I would dispute that your material is archived: an archive is not
the same as a pile of old stuff in the attic.

Michael Kay