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The second precondition for efficient collaboration via Internet is the realiable availability of information. In order to integrate text into the context of external information, it is essential to make sure that references are maintained and work permanently. It is necessary to be able to trust on the availability of information.
At present, the Internet does not meet this requirement. Dead links (links to false or no longer existing information) are the order of the day. At the moment, information on the Internet resembles a constantly disappearing and changing phantom which can not be caught.
The simplest solution to the problem of reliable availability would be to ensure that online published information remains eternally available under the same internet address. Intuitively, one will realize that this is impossible. The main argument relates to economic questions: Who should pay for this?
It is imaginable that non-profit institutions such as libraries take over this task. There are already attempts in these areas. However, our ambition is to create the preconditions for efficient web-based collaboration in the course of a business model which is not dependent on subventions.
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