Efficient Database Evolution in Digital Library Reengineering

Abstract

[Abstract] With the advancement of internet applications, extensive information systems were created to effectively manage and provide easy access to documents, which coincided with a global initiative to convert physical documents into digital format, making them accessible through the internet. After two decades, these databases are well-structured and organized, although the software used to manage them is gradually becoming outdated. Additionally, once the initial digitization and creation of metadata are completed, it is sensible to enhance the metadata further to provide more detailed information about the documents. In this article we propose a tool to facilitate the evolution of large documentary databases