This law.com article reviews the two major applications under consideration as standards for electronically archiving court documents: “Portable Document Format (PDF) designed especially for long-term archiving, called PDF-Archive or PDF-A. The second format is Extensible Markup Language (XML).”
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Daily Archives: February 14, 2003
Search Engines and Web Browser Overview
The Kojo Nnamdi Show on public radio station WAMU in Washington, D.C. broadcast a segment on Tuesday, February 11 titled, Browsers and Search Engines, in which computer technology experts presented their views on the best search engines and browsers. This link comes via Pete Basofin. Continue Reading
GPO Releases Compilations of the List of CFR Sections Affected
From the press release: Now available via GPO Access are the 1986 to 2000 compilations of the List of CFR Sections Affected (LSA). These compilations are divided into four volumes broken down as follows, with each of the volumes covering the years 1986 through 2000: Volume I: Titles 1-16, Volume II: Titles 17-27, Volume III:… Continue Reading
New Service on Events for Librarians and Info Pros
Stuart Urwin has launched a new online service for librarians and information professionals that provides a fully searchable current awareness database of association meetings, exhibitions and trade shows, book fairs, and training courses. The site is called Library Events, and also offers a free monthly newsletter update. Continue Reading
ACLU and OMB Review Patriot Act II Legislation
This ACLU press release contends that the recently released draft of what has been dubbed Patriot II, tentatively titled the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003, will erode basic constitutional civil liberties. Also see this OMB Watch analysis of how the Patriot II legislation will impact the public’s right to know. Continue Reading
Music Industry Fights Workplace Piracy
The music and film industries are expanding their crusade against file-swapping from college campuses to corporate cubicles. See this RIAA press release, dated February 13. As part of their effort, they are distributing a publication titled, A Corporate Policy Guide to Copyright Use and Security on the Internet (PDF) to Fortune 1000 companies. Continue Reading
