1. William H. Bowers Storage & Retrieval

2. William H. Bowers Topics Storing vs. Finding Retrieval Methods Associative Retrieval It Ain’t Document-centric

3. William H. Bowers Storing vs. Finding Physical storage and retrieval are linked Digital storage and retrieval need not be linked Storage system –Repository –Storage tools –Retrieval tools

4. William H. Bowers Storage vs. Finding Retrieval System –Method of finding repository items Physical media usually indexed –Title –Author –Subject

5. William H. Bowers Storage vs. Finding Digital media not indexed Need to know logical location to retrieve Finding is logical Retrieval is physical

6. William H. Bowers Retrieval Methods Positional Identity Associative Books exist independently of storage systems Data files can not exist outside of their storage systems

7. William H. Bowers Retrieval Methods Indexing –Dewey Decimal –Library of Congress –Title –Author –Subject

8. William H. Bowers Associative Retrieval Search based on text Save search results Execute sub-searches on saved results Browse by synonym, attribute or related topic

9. William H. Bowers It Ain’t Document-centric It’s really file-centric Documents should be independent of file system Generic documents should work in any application Tools would be purchased separately Should file formats be proprietary?

10. William H. Bowers Questions & Discussion