Document Type
Report
Publication Date
2004
Publication Title
NASA Technical Report: 20040086555
Pages
1-11
Abstract
We present the Smart Object, Dumb Archive (SODA) model for digital libraries (DLs), and discuss the role of metadata in SODA. The premise of the SODA model is to "push down" many of the functionalities generally associated with archives into the data objects themselves. Thus the data objects become "smarter", and the archives "dumber". In the SODA model, archives become primarily set managers, and the objects themselves negotiate and handle presentation, enforce terms and conditions, and perform data content management. Buckets are our implementation of smart objects, and da is our reference implementation for dumb archives. We also present our approach to metadata translation for buckets.
Original Publication Citation
Nelson, M. L., Maly, K., Croom Jr, D. R., & Robbins, S. W. (2004). Metadata and buckets in the Smart Object, Dumb Archive (SODA) Model. NASA Technical Report: 20040086555. Hampton, VA: NASA Langley Research Center.
Repository Citation
Nelson, M. L., Maly, K., Croom Jr, D. R., & Robbins, S. W. (2004). Metadata and buckets in the Smart Object, Dumb Archive (SODA) Model. NASA Technical Report: 20040086555. Hampton, VA: NASA Langley Research Center.
ORCID
0000-0003-3749-8116 (Nelson), 0000-0003-1479-588X (Maly)