Managing complexity in a distributed digital library

Author

Witten, Ian H. ; McNab, Rodger J. ; Jones, Steve ; Apperley, Mark ; Bainbridge, David ; Cunningham, Sally Jo

Author_Institution

Waikato Univ., Hamilton, New Zealand

Volume

32

Issue

2

fYear

1999

fDate

2/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

74

Lastpage

79

Abstract

As the capabilities of distributed digital libraries increase, managing organizational and software complexity becomes a key issue. How can collections and indexes be updated without impacting queries currently in progress? How can the system handle several user interface clients for the same collections? Computer science professors from the University of Waikato have developed a software structure that successfully manages this complexity in the New Zealand Digital Library. This digital library has been a success in managing organizational and software complexity, The researchers´ primary goal has been to minimize the effort required to keep the system operational and yet continue to expand its offering

Keywords

digital libraries; indexing; user interfaces; New Zealand Digital Library; University of Waikato; distributed digital library; indexing; organizational complexity; queries; software complexity; user interface; Communication system software; Displays; Natural languages; Optical character recognition software; Protocols; Search engines; Software development management; Software libraries; User interfaces; World Wide Web;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2.745723

Filename

745723