SODA: Smart Objects, Dumb Archives
Author(s) -
Michael L. Nelson,
Kurt Maly,
Mohammad Zubair,
Stewart N. T. Shen
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
lecture notes in computer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Book series
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.249
H-Index - 400
eISSN - 1611-3349
pISSN - 0302-9743
ISBN - 3-540-66558-7
DOI - 10.1007/3-540-48155-9_28
Subject(s) - computer science , interoperability , implementation , object (grammar) , presentation (obstetrics) , variety (cybernetics) , jade (particle detector) , negotiation , multimedia , world wide web , software engineering , artificial intelligence , physics , particle physics , medicine , political science , law , radiology
We present the Smart Object, Dumb Archive (SODA) model for digital libraries (DLs). The SODA model transfers functionality traditionally associated with archives to the archived objects themselves. We are exploiting this shift of responsibility to facilitate other DL goals, such as interoperability, object intelligence and mobility, and heterogeneity. Objects in a SODA DL negotiate presentation of content and handle their own terms and conditions. In this paper we present implementations of our smart objects, buckets, and our dumb archive (DA). We discuss the status of buckets and DA and how they are used in a variety of DL projects.
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