Do we need bigger buckets or better search engines? The challenge of unlimited storage and semantic web search for records management

摘要

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore the challenges created by unlimited storage inrnspace and time.rnDesign/methodology/approach - The paper looks at the issue from a practioner's viewpoint andrnconsiders it from the philosophical perspective regarding unlimited storage.rnFindings - Unlimited storage in terms of space and time can present philosophical and technologicalrnproblems. The rise of the semantic web search engines will help transform this process, but for mostrnorganisations it will be a managerial issue rather than a technological issue.rnResearch limitations/implications - More work needs to be done into how semantic web willrninfluence records management.rnPractical implications - Semantic web is in its infancy, but it has far reaching consequences forrnrecords management because it can transform the process.rnSocial implications - The philosophical issues affect how to understand memory and what therncollective memory of a society, as seen through archives, is understood and challenged by unlimitedrnstorage in space and time.rnOriginality/value - Looks at the issue from a philosophical perspective and pushes, the boundariesrnof the field by looking at the implications of the new developments.