10.1 Classification of Digital Library Architectures

There may exist several categories of digital libraries, including the following (Banerjee 2004):

Academic Document Digital Library (ADDL)

		Asynchronous media distribution class of ADDL
		Synchronous media distribution class of ADDL
		Hybrid ADDL

Corporate Document Digital Library (CDDL)

		Asynchronous media distribution class of CDDL
		Synchronous media distribution class of CDDL
		Hybrid CDDL

Virtual Digital Library

The term 'Document' include all types of storable, retrievable and distributable media objects.