I think you have to be careful about assuming that the IA stores your entire
website. It will go down a certain number of levels but, if memory serves
me, it does not store each and every level down. Companies can restrict or
deny the spidering of their websites by inserting some code into their
website that grants or denies permission to the spider.
The IA spiders the websites at different times throughout the year so if
there is frequent changes to your site there they may not be captured. Your
site may have gone through several iterations between captures.
One area that IA is moving toward is a for charge guaranteed capture of your
website at predetermined periods. I know several state government archives
are looking at using this service to capture "snapshots" of all the state's
websites at specific times.
If you are looking to see what your organization's website looked like over
time the IA is a useful tool. It you need to capture each and every
iteration for legal purposes you may have to subscribe to their services.
Robert F. Nawrocki CRM
Innovate and Infuriate
My opinions are my own and not my employers.
>From: "Grieme, Gary L." <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Records Management Program <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Internet Archive
>Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 13:14:00 -0600
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> >>>> Please read the confidentiality statement below <<<<
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>The idea that an organization can store snapshots of the entire contents
>of the internet--over and over again--is unbelievable. More power to
>'em, but aside from potential legalities there must be some
>physical/technical limits to what they're capturing. Anyone know?
>
>Gary L. Grieme
>Records Manager
>(612) 349-8538
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>Behalf Of Jeffrey Carter
>Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 12:56 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Internet Archive
>
>Hello everyone,
>
>I want to mention to any readers of this forum who are not aware, that
>there is a cheap alternative to documenting your employer's website.
>The Internet Archive -- http://www.archive.org/ -- has been recording
>the Internet since 1996. Brewster Kahle, the founder of the Internet
>Archive saw the need to preserve a record of the Internet in part
>because he is the inventor of the WAIS -- Wide Area Information Server,
>the Internet's first distributed search system.
>
>The Internet Archive has recently been involved in litigation about
>whether it has the right to record Internet sites, and I remain a
>supporter of their work and accomplishments. To learn more about their
>work, please see the section of their website titled: "About IA."
>
>For those recordkeeping professionals who do not have the resources and
>storage location to document their employer's web site, I recommend
>evaluating their service.
>
>This is my opinion, and not my employer's.
>
>Sincerely,
>Jeff
>Jeffrey Carter
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