Managing Complexity in a Distributed Digital Library

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

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • Computer
  • Year:
  • 1999

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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 and lectors 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 offerings.