http://lyra.rlg.org/ArchTF/tfadi.index.h\\... [Accessed 1998, April 28] Created in December 1994, by the Commission on Preservation and Access and The Research Libraries Group. The purpose of the Task Force was to investigate the means of ensuring "continued access indefinitely into the future of records stored in digital electronic form". Composed of individuals drawn from industry, museums, archives and libraries, publishers, scholarly societies and government. Lists containing this and related publications can be found at: Dublin Core Available online: http://purl.oclc.org/metadata/dublin_cor\\... [Accessed 1998, April 28] The building of an interdisciplinary, international consensus around a core element set is the central feature of the three-year evolution of the Dublin Core. The progress represents the emergent wisdom and collective experience of many stake-holders in the resource description arena. Xanadu Available online: http://www.xanadu.com.au/xanadu/ [Accessed 1998, April 28] "Literature" is a debugged system used and understood throughout the world. Documents are information packages with points of view, literature is a system of interconnected documents. Xanadu is intended to allow millions of points of view and to keep track exactly of all their interconnections. The Memory of the World Available online: http://digit.nkp.cz/ [Accessed 1998, April 28] The Memory of the World program was launched by UNESCO in 1992. Its aim was to safeguard the world documentary heritage. One of the very important parts of the program has been, since its beginning, the digitisation of original documents. American Memory , The Library of Congress, USA Available online: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.ht\\... [Accessed 1998, April 28] A cluttered interface but there are some interesting