Let (L, ≤), be an algebraic lattice. It is well-known that (L, ≤) with its topological structure is topologically scattered if and only if (L, ≤) is ordered scattered with respect to its algebraic structure. In this note we prove that, if L is a distributive algebraic lattice in which every element is the infimum of finitely many primes, then L has Krull-dimension if and only if L has derived d...