ARROW DLF Presentation - 25 October 2004
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Metadata
§Requires
metadata schemata to suit individual data
models
§No
requirement to shoehorn all metadata into one schema
§Each stored
object can retain metadata developed
for it by the community of practice which
generated the object
§Maintains
flexibility to store many types of digital
objects in the repository
§No need to
anticipate every object type now