Work has been going forward for locating and invoking digital information services and objects over communication systems and pathways having computational capabilities. A digital object may incorporate digital works and other digital information in which copyright, patent, trade secret and other rights or interests are claimed, although this need not always be the case. A suggested legal framework is discussed. Legal aspects and regulations are examined in the light of experience in Hungary. Issues linked to the co-development of the Internet and Intranet for scientific, educational and cultural information management are also presented.
Cultural diversity is broader than ethnic and language considerations alone.
It includes gender, age, economic or social conditions, education, technological infrastructure and computer and information literacy. All of these have to be taken into account when digital information is received or provided. Understanding and respecting diversity in each country is a major issue for the country itself, as well as for the information providers from abroad. Projects should be prepared so as to strengthen the Latin American identity. Is we wish to extend co-operation among the different peoples of the world on the basis on information exchanges, we must do more than create the global information infrastructure and highway which form the technological basis for the information society of the 21st century.