NARA Guidance on Managing Web Records

The National Archives and Records Administration released new guidelines on managing records on the Internet. The guidelines were intended for government agencies, but they might provide some tips for any website publisher in general.

For example:

1.2 How can I maintain a trustworthy web site?

For web site records to have integrity and remain reliable, authentic, and useable for as long as they are needed, you must maintain the content, context, and sometimes structure of the site. A trustworthy web site includes not only the content pages but also information about the web site that relates to the context in which it was created and used. Specific contextual information varies depending upon the business, legal, and regulatory requirements of the business activity. Structural information on the organization of the web site supports its long-term integrity.

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