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Rick Marshall wrote:
> i've been thinking of archiving with xml, but i'm going to stick with
> pdf's for documents at the moment.
>
> the discussion on xlinks, and rendering etc has left me with this
> problem:
>
> if we archive with xml, what is the legal status of the "document"? eg
> say i archive a document as xml, (an invoice for example) and later
> change the rendering algorithm. now when i print another copy and go
> to court to collect some money the debtor turns up with an earlier
> rendered version and they aren't the same "look".
Just to be on the safe side I would retain the original
transformation template also. If the need will come you will be able to
print 'original' invoices as requested.
> i know and a court would know the substance is the same, but would i
> have a problem with my record keeping because the format that people
> read can change? it's an integrity issue. and how do auditors cope? or
> are they solving the problem by developing audit standards in the xml
> accounting stuff that would make the rendering format inconsequential
> provided all the content was rendered (and how would they know that -
> if say i left out a discount in a later rendering, but it was in the
> oriiginal?)?
>
> i understand this is a country by country issue, but is it being
> considered anywhere?
This is a legal issue. A lawyer would answer better.
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Regards,
Razvan
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