Digital Library
A user-facing collection of saved, purchased, borrowed or favorited digital items inside a service.
The useful mental model.
Start with the part that changes what you actually do or expect when you meet this concept in everyday digital life.
What is actually connected
Trace the path between device, account, network, cloud service and other devices. “Smart” often means those layers are cooperating.
Where dependence appears
Convenience can depend on a working account, compatible ecosystem, subscription, network or remote service. Knowing the dependency makes failures easier to understand.
What connects to this?
Digital life is a system. Follow the neighboring identity, data, design, security or business layer instead of stopping at one definition.
Digital Ownership and Access
The distinction between possessing a durable copy and receiving permission to access digital content or a service under continuing terms.
Understand it →digital-rights conceptData Portability
The ability to take useful data from one service and move or reuse it elsewhere instead of leaving it trapped in one platform.
Understand it →media conceptStreaming
Delivering audio or video over a network as it is consumed instead of requiring the user to obtain a complete permanent local copy first.
Understand it →Check the underlying references.
G7 prioritizes primary technical documentation, public-interest institutions and strong research. Product-specific behavior can change, so current service documentation remains important.