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U.S. House of Representatives Makes Resolutions in XML



This may be of interest to anyone responsible for the management and/or preservation of government
documents, especially those produced within the legislative branch.  The use of XML at any level of
government could (assuming truly standards-compliant and documented implementations) make long-term
access to the documents much easier.

U.S. House of Representatives Makes Resolutions in XML
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/04/1631254&mode=thread&tid=103

"The House of Representatives is turning to technology with their test of XML for use with resolutions
according to this article [http://security.ittoolbox.com/news/Dispnews.asp?i=75683]. It reports that
the HR has made 100 DTDs and uses Microsoft Word and a special converter to do the job. Testing has
begun and their goal is to start using it in January of next year. See also http://xml.house.gov/ And
it looks like the DTDs will be free to use and distribute!"

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 Cal Lee
 University of Michigan             Phone: 734-647-0505
 School of Information
 http://www-personal.si.umich.edu/~calz/
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    with current record practices and the content of future
    holdings, they cannot long delay plans for appraising,
    accessioning, and servicing this new [computer] media
    of communication."
                                  - Meyer Fishbein, 1970

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