\begin opinion
Seems like the best method for very long term storage in theory is ion
beam on iridium disk
More practical methods include the following:
I have also heard that using archival quality ink in a retrofitted ink
jet printer printed on acid-free paper may work for reasonable amounts
of time. The plastic ink particles in laser toner are very susceptible
to environmental factors.
I know that for land surveys that archival ink using a pen plotter on
vellum is "best".
\end opinion
References
http://www.uky.edu/~kiernan/DL/hedstrom.html
Digital preservation: a time bomb for Digital Libraries.
www.tims-im.ca/Whitepapers/22010v052p.pdf
Preserving Information Forever and a Call for Emulators.
Archives: Preserving Bits, Formats, Documents, and Wisdom
www.berghell.com/
whitepapers/Archives%20-%20Preserving%20Bits,%20Formats,%20Documents,%20
and%20Wisdom.pdf -
Mike
Received on Mon May 10 2004 - 10:12:09 BST