What is a Digital Repository?

From DigiRepWiki

(Taken from the Repositories Review - by Rachel Heery and Sheila Anderson):

We propose that a digital repository is differentiated from other digital collections by the following characteristics:

• content is deposited in a repository, whether by the content creator, owner or third party

• the repository architecture manages content as well as metadata

• the repository offers a minimum set of basic services e.g. put, get, search, access control

• the repository must be sustainable and trusted, well-supported and well-managed