title: 'URL 404 File Not Found': dealing with the transient nature of the Web.
abstract: The 'URL File Not Found' message is all too familiar to users seeking biomedical information on the Web, and occurs when a requested Web-site is no longer available. The complex and dynamic nature of information flow is grounded in computer server technologies and makes the Web difficult to preserve. Enhancements in Web-technologies are helping to improve the problem of Web-site transience. Some initiatives to manage Web-site loss include Google's memory cache, the Internet Archive with Wayback Machine, and Web-site recording tools such as Internet Researcher.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy, Health Sciences Center, Texas Tech University, Amarillo, USA. Michael.veronin@ttuhsc.edu
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Veronin
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D020407:Internet / Q000592:standards*; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards