On 1/28/2013 5:12 AM, Martinho Fernandes wrote:
Similarly, there could be a type of pdf document where the text within the pdf
document were stored in UTF-64 format.
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FWIW, there is already a PDF variant designed for long-term archiving
known as PDF/A. You may want to look into that.
Good point.
Also, and that is a reply to William's original suggestion, please note
that each new format that is introduced, especially on the character
code level, means adding a circle to the big Venn diagram - dividing ALL
tools into a huge number of those that cannot handle the format and an
initially minuscule number that can.
The small spot in the diagram reserved for tools that can handle ALL
formats (or at least those desired for archiving) will correspondingly
shrink.
As a result, instead of improving the activation of electronic text
documents you've found a way to make this less reliable - any given
combination of recovery tool and format may not work, and the more
combinations there are, the lower the probability of success.
A./
