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Institutional Repository, Digital Repository and Open Repository!

Dear LIS friends, is there any differences between below three terms:
Institutional Repository,
Digital Repository and
Open Repository
Actually, I am working on a paper, and am confuse to use these terms. All suggestions are welcomed.


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thanx for a systematic reply. the way u have answered definitely praise worthy.
Dear Anop First of all thanks for giving response,
first you give the another mode to above discussion for compare with digital library.
As you written as "A Digital repository is where digital content, assets, are stored and can be searched and retrieved for later use". further what ever you wrote about digital repository, all the functions of institutional repository also have.
in conclusion can we say Institutional Repository can be a Digital Repository?
and vise-a-verse then what is difference?
Still here open repository remain?

pvz
Dear professional

Institutional Repositories some time only restricted to their institutions.
Digital Repositories restricted to their publishers.
Open repositories as free to use

you go to this url to gain more information about repositries ranking in the world with the resources information and number of users, โ€ข Ranking Web of World Repositoriesโ€



http://repositories.webometrics.info/top800_rep.asp .
Dear Dr, Pawan sir, thanks for taking the part in this discussion.
As you write about IR it is right, but if it is free to use for every one then it became Open Repository?
above Mr. Anop proved Digital Repository is equal to IR.

please sir don't get me wrong, i am still confuse in these terms??.

and thanks for providing the link of ranking of repositories.

pvz
Dear Lotus Madam, thanks for appearing in this discussion.
You gave the most appropriate definition about IR, but I am unable to understand the Digital repository.
what ever you wrote about open repository all are same functions of IR as you wrote above.


i am still confuse about these terms.

pvz
Dear LIS as I perceive or observe of our discussion,
A Institutional repository: as Kamal madam wrote: Institutional repository consist of formally organized and managed collection of digital content generated by faculty, staff and students at an institution. but it is restricted to particular institute.
Open Repository: same definition above but it is not restricted with Institution.
Digital Repository: as Mr. Anoop wrote, A Digital repository is where digital content, assets, are stored and can be searched and retrieved for later use. A repository supports mechanisms to import, export, identify, store and retrieve digital assets. this is also the functions of Institutional Repository. but is also not restricted of particular Institution.



So Institutional repository definitely will be digital repository but area of digital repository may be wide in comparison to IR , if it is open to every one, it can be also open repository.

I need your comments please feel free to give your valuable comments

pvz

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