William Arms

Translated By

Ahmed Abdullah  Mostafa
Librarian - Mubarak Public Library

ahmed_nasser2000@hotmail.com

Abstract

A discussion to an important report which defined the main principles for digital libraries architecture , the 8 principles are ; The technical framework exists within a legal and social framework , Understanding of digital library concepts is hampered by terminology, The underlying architecture should be separate from the content stored in the library , Names and identifiers are the basic building block for the digital library , Digital library objects are more than collections of bits , The digital library object that is used is different from the stored object , Repositories must look after the information they hold , Users want intellectual works, not digital objects.

Keywords

Digital Libraries

How To Cite This Article?

William Arms. Key Concepts in the Architecture of the Digital Library / Translated by Ahmed Abdullah Mostafa . - cybrarians journal . - No.1 (June 2004) . - Accessed <State here the date you accessed this page> .- Available at: http://www.cybrarians.info/journal/en/no1/dlib.htm

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