Immediate access to new documents. There is an active choice of what documents to add according to the goal. The information organization No centralized control of the flow of information. Organizes information about the internal and external documents. Same organization as for a library.
Users can organize their information with uni-directed links.
Attaches meta-information to the the items in the collection. Durability of documents One finds a document as long as the publishing user wants. Different users should be able to find exactly the same documents over and over again. I have to be able to find exactly the same document over and over again. The characteristics of the web, a library and a personal library .