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ERIC Number: EJ380473
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1988
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At the Creation: Chaos, Control, and Automation--Commercial Software Development for Archives.
Drr, W. Theodore
Library Trends, v36 n3 p593-607 Win 1988
An approach to the design of flexible text-based management systems for archives includes tiers for repository, software, and user management systems. Each tier has four layers--objective, program, result, and interface. Traps awaiting software development companies involve the market, competition, operations, and finance. (10 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Archives, Automation, Computer Software, Computer System Design, Database Management Systems, Models, Small Businesses, Systems Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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