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Re:Using Standard HTML (1997) by adrianN on Sunday January 19, 2020 @12:38PM (#22092650)
I'm pretty sure that archeologists are happy about any human readable format, and don't worry too much about browser support.
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Re:Using Standard HTML (1997) by awinter-py on Sunday January 19, 2020 @01:12PM (#22092863)
it depends on how far forward they are (like have they forgotten the language they're interpreting)

the rosetta stone is useful because it's a concordance

in that light, there could be value in structured databases that make clear semantic links between words, or which link words to images

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Re:Using Standard HTML (1997) by ori_b on Sunday January 19, 2020 @01:55PM (#22093143)
If we're talking that far ahead -- our storage media won't last that long.
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