Title :
A proposal for digital library protection
Author :
Sasaki, Hideyasu ; Kiyoki, Yasushi
Author_Institution :
New York State Bar, Keio Univ., Fujisawa, Japan
Abstract :
We propose systematic digital library protection by patentable content-based retrieval processes, especially on image digital libraries in specified domains, without any excessively exclusive protection in general domains.
Keywords :
content-based retrieval; digital libraries; image retrieval; patents; image digital library; patentable content-based retrieval process; systematic digital library protection; Biomedical imaging; Content based retrieval; Image converters; Image retrieval; Information retrieval; Lung neoplasms; Proposals; Protection; Software libraries;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Libraries, 2003. Proceedings. 2003 Joint Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1939-3
DOI :
10.1109/JCDL.2003.1204911