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<P class=Normquote style="MARGIN: 0in 0.3in 4pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>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.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Happily, a
proposed standard interface, <B><I>Content Repository API for Java™ (JSR 170),
</I></B>might mitigate the risk.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>This is a new prospect, since it seems that only one JSR 170
implementation exists.</FONT></P>
<P class=Normquote style="MARGIN: 0in 0.3in 4pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2>This
number also continues prior discussions of epistemology with a discussion of two
words whose usage is fraught with strident debate: ‘dialectic’ and
‘scientific’.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It also expands on
the </FONT><A
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face=Arial size=2>DDQ 2(1) discussion of Russell's Paradox</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial size=2> by reminding us all that natural language permits nonsensical
phrases—that is, phrases that mean nothing whatsoever.</FONT></P>
<P class=Normquote style="MARGIN: 0in 0.3in 4pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2>DDQ
4(2) includes columns about: </FONT></P>
<P class=Normquote style="MARGIN: 0in 0.3in 4pt"><FONT size=2><FONT
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</SPAN>Library Institutions vs. Preservation Technology?</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=Normquote style="MARGIN: 0in 0.3in 4pt"><FONT size=2><FONT
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</SPAN>Preserving Dynamic Digital Objects</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=Normquote style="MARGIN: 0in 0.3in 4pt"><FONT size=2><FONT
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</SPAN>Choosing Digital Repository Software</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=Normquote style="MARGIN: 0in 0.3in 4pt"><FONT size=2><FONT
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</SPAN>Making Repository Software Replaceable</FONT></FONT></P>
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</SPAN>News reports on digital storage demand and capacity, and on doubtful
patents</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=Normquote style="MARGIN: 0in 0.3in 4pt"><FONT size=2><FONT
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</SPAN>Recommendations for books by Carnap, Conant, and Garwin & Charpak,
and</FONT></FONT></P>
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</SPAN>The usual section on practical aspects of personal
computing.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best wishes, Henry</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>H.M. Gladney, Ph.D. HMG
Consulting</FONT></DIV>
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