Curating the CIA World Factbook

The CIA World Factbook is a prime example of a curated database – a database that is constructed and maintained with a great deal of human effort in collecting, verifying, and annotating data. Preservation of old versions of the Factbook is important for verification of citations; it is also essenti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Peter Buneman, Heiko Müller, Chris Rusbridge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh 2009-12-01
Series:International Journal of Digital Curation
Online Access:http://www.ijdc.net/index.php/ijdc/article/view/132