[SCC_Active_Members] Digital Document Quarterly 4(2) is now available 6b

[H.M. Gladney]

        DDQ 4(2) is available at
<http://home.pacbell.net/hgladney/ddq_4_2.htm>
http://home.pacbell.net/hgladney/ddq_4_2.htm  
 

This DIGITAL DOCUMENT QUARTERLY number focuses on how institutions might
choose digital repository software-a potentially difficult decision since
there exist about 80 open source offerings and about 20 commercial offerings
that all seem to be competently designed.  The decision can be risky, since
an institution might become "locked in" to its choice by tailoring software
and institutional procedures that it builds on its chosen repository base.
Happily, a proposed standard interface, Content Repository API for JavaT
(JSR 170), might mitigate the risk.  This is a new prospect, since it seems
that only one JSR 170 implementation exists.

This number also continues prior discussions of epistemology with a
discussion of two words whose usage is fraught with strident debate:
'dialectic' and 'scientific'.  It also expands on the
<http://home.pacbell.net/hgladney/ddq_2_1.htm#_Toc36641123> DDQ 2(1)
discussion of Russell's Paradox by reminding us all that natural language
permits nonsensical phrases-that is, phrases that mean nothing whatsoever.

DDQ 4(2) includes columns about: 

         Library Institutions vs. Preservation Technology?

         Preserving Dynamic Digital Objects

         Choosing Digital Repository Software

         Making Repository Software Replaceable

         News reports on digital storage demand and capacity, and on
doubtful patents

         Recommendations for books by Carnap, Conant, and Garwin & Charpak,
and

         The usual section on practical aspects of personal computing.

 

Best wishes, Henry
 
H.M. Gladney, Ph.D.   HMG Consulting
http://home.pacbell.net/hgladney/
Saratoga, California 95070
 
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