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Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries (ECDL 1997)

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In this paper, we discuss some aspects of database support for digital libraries.

From a DL perspective, database systems, and in particular, object database systems provide a nice basis for future DL systems. More generally, database research provides solutions to many DL issues even if these are partial or fragmented. When possible, work should not be duplicated and good software and ideas should be reused. From a DB perspective, we want to stress that digital libraries propose beautiful applications and challenges to DBMS technology. They suggest a number of improvements to DBMSs that could be beneficial beyond DL applications.

Work supported in part by CESDIS, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; by the Air Force Wright Laboratory Aeronautical Systems Center under ARPA Contract F33615-93-1-1339, and by the Air Force Rome Laboratories under ARPA Contract F30602-95-C-0119.

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Abiteboul, S. (1997). Object database support for digital libraries. In: Peters, C., Thanos, C. (eds) Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries. ECDL 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1324. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0026718

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