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A system and method for archiving a version of a document are disclosed. The document to be archived may be web-based or written in a markup language. The content of the document is parsed. From a totality of style information accessed to display the document with an original display appearance, a subset of style information is determined. The subset of style information can impart a totality of the original display appearance to the document. An archival version of the document is created. The archival version of the document has the totality of style information represented by the subset of style information. The archival version of the document is stored. At least one of the actions of parsing, determining and creating is executed through a specially programmed processor.