sible to adopt new strategies to meet preservation needs, as happened with the use of XML 
to support the long-term preservation of structured records. Second, it creates opportunities for 
drawing on expertise from a number of disciplines. These two issues are interconnected. Thus, 
for example, while utilization of XML is, by itself, only one activity for preservation, it might be 
matched with using data grid technology as a stable and enduring platform to support XML-
based records. By experimenting wit