Standardization, heterogeneity and the quality of content analysis: a key conflict of digital libraries and its solution.

Solutions for the problems of building up information services go beyond the hitherto conventional way of thinking about information centers and libraries. The disputed guidelines of "Standardization from the view of the remaining heterogeneity" and the paradigm of "Net publishing" clearly characterize the change. It isn't just technological but content-conceptualized. Both guidelines taken together are an answer to the new technological and user demands in the changing setting of the Web. And a clear sign that the traditional methods of standardization are no longer sufficient to keep the desired interoperability and data consistency that should be maintained. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]