P2P-4-DL: digital library over peer-to-peer

The P2P-4-DL project aims to investigate and build a DL system that would operate over a P2P structure. Rather than storing digital objects centrally they remain the responsibility of the individual peers that provide them. This allows the system to utilise network resources more efficiently as well as providing users with a greater sense of control over the digital objects they share. Our prototype also draws upon natural language processing (NLP) techniques in an attempt to increase the usability of the system. Other related work within this area includes EDUTELLA, a RDF based P2P infrastructure that can support the development of DL's.