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by ajsnigrutin 544 days ago
> The PDF's work. They won't break.

Not just that, PDFs are one of the few formats, where i'm willing to bet my own money, that they'll still work in 10 or 20 years.

Even basic html has changed, layouts look different depending on many factors, and even the <blink>-ing doesn't work anymore.

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Sure, PDF/A is an ISO-standardized subset of the larger PDF spec designed expressly for archival purposes. You could do that with HTML but then how would you get your crypto mining AI chat bot powered by WASM to work?
A case specific PDF could be created and stored in the patient's electronic records. Such PDF could just highlight the decision three path.