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  • Publication
    Supporting information access in next generation digital library architectures
    ( 2005)
    Frommholz, I.
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    Knezevic, P.
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    Mehta, B.
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    Niederée, C.
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    Risse, T.
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    Thiel, U.
    Current developments on Service-oriented Architectures, Peer-to-Peer and Grid computing promise more open and flexible architectures for digital libraries. They will open the Digital Library (DL) technology to a wider clientele, allow faster adaptability and enable the usage of federative models on content and service provision. These technologies raise new challenges for the realization of DL functionalities, which are rooted in the increased heterogeneity of content, services and metadata, in the higher degree of distribution and dynamics, as well as in the omission of a central control instance. This paper discusses these opportunities and challenges for three central types of DL functionality revolving around information access: metadata management, retrieval functionality, and personalization services.
  • Publication
    Supporting information access in next generation digital library architectures
    ( 2004)
    Frommholz, I.
    ;
    Knezevic, P.
    ;
    Mehta, B.
    ;
    Niederée, C.
    ;
    Risse, W.
    ;
    Thiel, U.
  • Publication
    The role of context for information mediation in digital libraries
    ( 2004)
    Neuhold, E.J.
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    Niederée, C.
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    Stewart, A.
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    Frommholz, I.
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    Mehta, B.
    Mediating between available information objects and individual information needs is a central issue within the functionality of a digital library. In the simplest case this is an information request answered by a search engine based on an analysis of information objects within the digital library's information collection. However, neither the information access activity nor the information objects within the collection are isolated entities. They are both equipped with a multifaceted context. The invited talk, which is summarized by this paper, analyzes this context and discusses complementing approaches to make such context explicit and to use it for refining the mediation process within digital libraries.