New Content in Digital Repositories

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Abstract:

In view of the rapid expansion in scope of the role of repositories, storage and access methods, and metadata deployment need to be revised, specifically in view of the increase in multimedia content. The importance of web-based and legacy content is increasing, and measures for accommodating this must be examined. Data curation specialists are now required; and a new focus on metadata also increases as the functions fulfilled by metadata proliferate. Access to repositories must not only remain easy, it must become even easier and more secure. New models are being developed for certain labelling of content; and the importance and delicacy of deriving meaningful statistics is also covered. There is a discussion of how ...