[duxuser] Re: the new uses of the slash
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 14:20:26 +0100
Hi Dave,
Believe me, the issue of archived files, and backward compatibility is
an issue which has very high priority, and has come under much
discussion internally.
In the short term, you will find that 10.5 now retails what in
MicroSpeak terms is called "Sticky Document Information". Hence you
will be able to open a 10.5 created file, and know what paper size was
used, what configuration of embosser produced the last copy, etc., etc..
As regards previous versions, I believe longer term an "Import filter"
will be designed which will look at the DBT document, and present the
user with a variety of queries where old codes perhaps need to be
replaced.
Longer term, I could speculate that XML will be the way to go. However,
right now, every ounce of effort is going into getting 10.5 put to bed,
before embarking on the next phase of development.
George.
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> George wrote about backward compatibility; and Steve about
> moving on. But it does seem to me that Braille producers
> who archive files have an interest in divining the future,
> as regards the uses of those archives over time.
> Would there be best practice principles any of you are
> prepared to recommend? For example, George, do you
> actually believe that we will, in due course, be archiving
> XML only? And what then about the older Braille files?
> Are the people at Duxbury Systems thinking about these
> things, or am I the only one who needlessly worries about
> archiving?
>
> Legacy data is a problem.
> I can see the issues as Duxbury rolls over to new versions,
> there may come a time when you need to dig out your old copy
> of duxbury to re-emboss the file you saved.
> One thing that might help, is to store, with the file, some
> information about the file, the version of duxbury it was
> created on, as well as the document information, e.g. title,
> copyright, originator, date of transcription. With this level
> of metadata, it will be easier to recall older documents for
> reproduction.
> Dave D mentioned storing Word files. I would be reluctant to
> advise that, since word is guaranteed to change over time;
> and anyway, who wants their information locked up in a
> proprietary format without good reason?
> That's the advantage of archiving in a format which should
> have a longer life-span and is application neutral, such as XML.
>
> regards DaveP.
>
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