We advocate the publication of review/survey articles that will be updated
regularly, both in traditional journals and novel venues. We call these
"perpetual reviews." This idea naturally builds on the dissemination and
archival capabilities present in the modern internet, and indeed perpetual
reviews exist already in some forms. Perpetual review articles allow authors to
maintain over time the relevance of non-research scholarship that requires a
significant investment of effort. Further, such reviews published in a purely
electronic format without space constraints can also permit more pedagogical
scholarship and clearer treatment of technical issues that remain obscure in a
brief treatment.Comment: This is a draft white paper and we seek comments from the communit
