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A survey of complex object technologies for digital libraries (2001)
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@TECHREPORT{Nelson01asurvey,
author = {Michael L. Nelson and Brad Argue and Miles Efron and Sheila Denn and Maria Cristina Pattuelli},
title = {A survey of complex object technologies for digital libraries},
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year = {2001}
}
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Abstract
Many early web-based digital libraries (DLs) had implicit assumptions reflected in their architecture that the unit of focus in the DL (frequently "reports" or "e-prints") would only be manifested in a single, or at most a few, common file formats such as PDF or PostScript. DLs have now matured to the point where their contents are commonly no longer simple files. Complex objects in DLs have emerged in response to various requirements, including: simple aggregation of formats and supporting files, bundling additional information to aid digital preservation, creating opaque digital objects for e-commerce applications, and the incorporation of dynamic services with the traditional data files. We examine a representative (but not necessarily exhaustive) number of current and recent historical web-based complex object technologies and projects that are applicable to DLs: Aurora, Buckets, ComMentor, Cryptolopes, Digibox, Document Management Alliance, FEDORA, Kahn-Wilensky Framework Digital Objects, Metadata Encoding & Transmission Standard, Multivalent Documents, Open eBooks, VERS Encapsulated Objects, and the Warwick Framework.
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complex object technology digital library many early web-based digital library simple file vers encapsulated object multivalent document traditional data file complex object e-commerce application dynamic service various requirement kahn-wilensky framework digital object implicit assumption simple aggregation document management alliance warwick framework metadata encoding transmission standard opaque digital object aid digital preservation common file format additional information
