This paper focuses on technical issues regarding the challenge of
integrating
digital libraries in a work support environment that combines
information management with coordination and collaboration.
Such broad scope necessitates an extended view of electronic documents to
allow for combinations of information content together with
executable components. Moreover, as a result of the autonomy of the
service
and
information content providers, this environment takes the form of an
information economy. This paper provides a
brief survey of research results related to architectures, metadata,
interoperability and rights management in digital library systems. This
survey
serves to support a discussion of extending the scope of digital library
systems toward integrated work support environments.
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