Abstract— In this paper we present a method for the materialization of a (virtual) composite document that is the creation of a paper version of the composite document including a table of contents and an index. First, we introduce a simple model for the creation of composite documents from other, simpler documents and for the metadata management during the creation process; then we present algorithms for generating the table of contents and the index of a composite document to be used for the document’s materialization.

Index Terms—Composite document, digital library, materialization, metadata.

Anh Tuan Ly is with the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, ThuyLoi University, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Nicolas Spyratos is with Laboratoire de Recherche en Informatique, Université Paris Sud, Orsay, France.

Cite:Anh Tuan Ly, Nicolas Spyratos, "Metadata Management and Materialization of Composite Documents in a Digital Library," International Journal of Computer and Communication Engineering vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 91-103, 2017.