Semantic digital libraries for archiving

Abstract

Digital libraries offer several benefits for archiving unstructured or semi-structured data for long term use. Archival systems which follow a typical document access curve typically leverage online, near line, and offline storage mechanisms to efficiently store and retrieve documents. The nature of storage which is always online, such as large document conglomerations, such as Wikipedia or Google, changes the access curve for digital documents of the future. Semantic enablement over these corpora offers benefits for improved retrieval accuracy, timeliness, and relevance. This paper will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of semantically powered digital libraries in the archival arena. © 2009 Springer Berlin Heidelberg.