1. Digital Objects and the management of information organised by the International DOI Foundation in conjunction with the Oxford Internet Institute and the E-Horizons Institute http://www.doi.org http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/ http://www.e-horizons.ox.ac.uk/ doi>

2. Video presentation (extracts): Bob Kahn & Vint Cerf Digital Object Architecture overview: Larry Lannom, Corporation for National Research Initiatives Managing digital objects in context: Christophe Blanchi, Corporation for National Research Initiatives Text as digital objects: o Commercial digitising text initiatives: Adam Hodgkin, Exact Editions o Digital text and libraries: Michael Popham, eLibrarian, Oxford University Tea break 3.30-3.50 Digital objects and video: Jim Wilkinson, Chief Research Scientist, Sony Broadcast & Professional Research Labs Digital objects and E-Research: Anne Trefethen, Oxford e-Research Centre and e-Horizons Institute Social implications: Ralph Schroeder, Jenny Fry, Matthijs den Besten Oxford Internet Institute and e-Horizons Institute, University of Oxford

3. Digital Object Architecture –Digital information needs to be a first class citizen in the networked environment –Fundamental work of Kahn/Wilensky (1995 paper)* and subsequent developments *see handout Handle –Part of the Digital Object Architecture: a system for persistent naming for digital objects and other resources on the Internet, and efficiently resolving those names to data DOI (Digital Object Identifier) –One application of the Handle System, which adds to it additional features – social and technical infrastructure, policies, metadata management. Some key terms

6. Two extracts from webcast of the ACM Turing Lecture Assessing the Internet: Lessons Learned, Strategies for Evolution, and Future Possibilities by Vinton G. Cerf and Robert E. Kahn, Recipients of the ACM 2004 Turing Award Monday, August 22, 2005 Available at http://www.sigcomm.org/sigcomm2005/webcast.html