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@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ webpages from data files reduced the need for repetitive manual HTML coding. Cen
of all caves in a large .CSV file with a cave on each row made the storage of new information
more straightforward.
<h3>HTML and browser incompatibilities</h3>
<p>This was a much bigger problem in the past than it is possible to imagine now
(most of the early editing is done on an Acorn platform using !Zap). So much so
that we have a separate page all about it: "<a href="computing/useany.html">Platform portability</a> - making the website work widely".
<h3>Version control</h3>
<p>Another important element of this system was <a href="computing/repos.html">version control</a>. The entire data structure was
stored initially in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concurrent_Versions_System">Concurrent Version System</a> repository, and later migrated to