The one that seems to work historically, is take pictures or make it into a book, then lock it in a safe.
I would say the best practice would be don't ignore it for 50 years, every time new technology looks to overtake old, you need to revisit your data and convert it to whatever technology seems robust enough to to work with.
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[ 419 ms ] story [ 1076 ms ] threadI would say the best practice would be don't ignore it for 50 years, every time new technology looks to overtake old, you need to revisit your data and convert it to whatever technology seems robust enough to to work with.
For smaller files in the 100KB - 1MB range, optical paper is a reasonable option. http://google.com/search?q=optar+paperback