Future Proof Document formats

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Please note:

• The subject is the protection of important documents against access failure in the future. I do not address the formats for small, temporary documents such as daily e-mails, small notes, reminders etc.
• The first recommendation is to prepare for a model based on simple encoding with strict separation of structure, content and presentation.
• The second recommendation is to address the education in content structuring at the same time as or before the introduction of document production techniques.

• Situation before Computers
• Situation after Computers
• The Problems
• Fleeing
• SGML
• SGML 2
• XML
• Requirements
• Current problems with XML
• Conclusion
• References and Courses