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2026 recommended storage formats: https://www.loc.gov/preservation/resources/rfs/data.html https://www.loc.gov/preservation/resources/rfs/data.html

• nashashmi 5mo ago
  Taking a minute to appreciate the level of long term thinking required for storing data, to plan for 300-500 years into the future, to be able to withstand all kinds of innovations, and survive basic obsolescence. What is the longest surviving paper medium?
  • StilesCrisis 5mo ago
    Dead sea scrolls come to mind, for some values of "survive." And the Book of Kells is in good shape.
    • nashashmi 5mo ago
      Longest surviving paper document (as opposed to parchment) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missal_of_Silos?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missal_of_Silos?wprov=sfti1
• IshKebab 5mo ago
  Seems like they're pretty lax about their recommendations tbh. XLS is "preferred".