Last, but certainly not least, I’m ready to survey regulations.   I think this one may be the most heartbreaking of the Big Three, since (a) regulations exert a lot of control on people’s day to day life and (b) I’m suspecting that the government publication of these may end up being the official version more often than not and yet done in a way that will not lend itself to research or preservation.  Like, with the case law I finally accepted the fact that it was done for press inquiries and I could let it go (LET IT GOOOO…) about how inadequate it was.  But these regs are going to be for keeps.

I think my data points are going to be very similar to the stuff I collected about codes.  To wit:

• Name of official version of code
• Publisher of Official Code
• Online version URL
• Is online version official?
• Statement of officialness?
• Format of Online Version
• Publisher of Online Version
• Use restrictions on Online version
• Statement of Copyright
• Current year only or archival versions available online?
• Code archive or regulation
• URL of Archival versions
• If archival versions available, how far back?
• Bulk download available?
• Search capabilities – none, basic, advanced/filtered
• Update schedule?

Am I missing anything?