QR codes aren’t contained in some exotic filetype; it’s just Unicode text.
Exactly. That’s why:
Ok so include the URL in the text too.
is unnecessary.
I assume that the usual information of the deceased person, their name and dates of are still physically present on the tombstone, just the book of condolences and maybe an image or interactive content is on the web. Having only a QR code would be odd indeed.
Leave all the normal headstone stuff on the headstone. Also add a QR code, like these mortuaries are doing. But instead of making it just a URL to some sort of memorial page for the deceased, encode their obituary into the plaintext of the QR directly, and add a URL to the memorial page at the end of that text for people who want to see photos or sign a digital guestbook or whatever. That means that, even if the mortuary goes out of business and the URL no longer leads anywhere, the obituary is still readable by anyone with a smartphone.
Exactly. That’s why:
is unnecessary.
I assume that the usual information of the deceased person, their name and dates of are still physically present on the tombstone, just the book of condolences and maybe an image or interactive content is on the web. Having only a QR code would be odd indeed.
I don’t think anyone is suggesting just a QR code.
What’s then the point @LodeMike@lemmy.today is trying to make?
Leave all the normal headstone stuff on the headstone. Also add a QR code, like these mortuaries are doing. But instead of making it just a URL to some sort of memorial page for the deceased, encode their obituary into the plaintext of the QR directly, and add a URL to the memorial page at the end of that text for people who want to see photos or sign a digital guestbook or whatever. That means that, even if the mortuary goes out of business and the URL no longer leads anywhere, the obituary is still readable by anyone with a smartphone.
That’s my guess.