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The underlying technologies are rapidly being replaced by the next generation's developments. These include the change from HTML v2.0 to v3.0 (which supports mathematical fonts), the Java environment (which supports real interactivity), the addition of new extensions for browsers like Netscape, the augmentation and adaptation of software like Maple for direct use on the Internet and other significant evolutionary advances. The prospect for the long term of the Proceedings is certain obsolesence if no efforts are made to upgrade it appropriately.

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But this is true of almost any piece of software or digital resource. It happens to be particularly so in the case of Web-related materials at this point in the development of the Internet. Without constant upkeep, the state-of-the-art is expected to fall to the status of unexceptional by the summer of 1996 and to that of obsolence by late 1997. However, like FTP and gopher resources, it is anticipated to continue to be useful and accessible (if not a bit ``antiquated") until after the year 2000.

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