Bainbridge, DavidBuchanan, GeorgeMcPherson, John R.Jones, SteveMahoui, AbdelazizWitten, Ian H.2008-11-132008-11-132001Bainbridge, D., Buchanan, G., McPherson, J., Jones, S., Mahoui, A. & Witten, I.H. (2001). Greenstone: A platform for distributed digital library applications. In Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, 5th European Conference, ECDL 2001 Darmstadt, Germany, September 4-9, 2001 Proceedings(pp. 137-148). Berlin: Springer.https://hdl.handle.net/10289/1325This paper examines the issues surrounding distributed Digital Library protocols. First, it reviews three prominent digital library protocols: Z39.50, SDLIP, and Dienst, plus Greenstone’s own protocol. Then, we summarise the implementation in the Greenstone Digital Library of a number of different protocols for distributed digital libraries, and describe sample applications of the same: a digital library for children, a translator for Stanford’s Simple Digital Library Interoperability Protocol, a Z39.50 client, and a bibliographic search tool. The paper concludes with a comparison of all four protocols, and a brief discussion of the impact of distributed protocols on the Greenstone system.encomputer sciencedistributed protocolZ39.50CORBAgraphical user interface supportConference Contribution10.1007/3-540-44796-2_13