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Re: The year is 2027, and we need to examine archived XMLdocum

• From: Richard Salz <rsalz@u...>
• To: Rick Marshall <rjm@z...>
• Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:13:53 -0400

> no because the archive must be complete without external reference and 
> it must not require execution of embedded code (eg javascript) - at 
> least to make an old hacker like me happy that the archive is what 
> someone saw/would have seen at the time it was created.

This is not always how the real world currently works.  For example, 
zillions of business agreements are made by just faxing signature pages of 
emailed documents and those arrangements are legally binding.  Archived 
contracts do not normally include the entire set of relevant statutes, 
etc.

Be careful about asserting what problem must be solved.

        /r$

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    • From: Rick Marshall <rjm@z...>