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A data model for digital libraries

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We present a data model for digital libraries supporting identification, description, and discovery of digital objects. The model is formalized as a first-order theory, certain models of which correspond to the intuitive and practical notion of digital library. We use the model as a yardstick to assess the adequacy of the World Wide Web as a digital library and show why, in its present form, the Web is far from fulfilling this objective, while the Semantic Web does better in that respect.

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  1. Istituto della Scienza e delle Tecnologie della Informazione, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Pisa, Italy

    Carlo Meghini

  2. Laboratoire de Recherche en Informatique, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France

    Nicolas Spyratos & Jitao Yang

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Meghini, C., Spyratos, N. & Yang, J. A data model for digital libraries. Int J Digit Libr 11, 41–56 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00799-011-0064-x

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