From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,88ed72d98e6b3457 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-10-07 18:11:52 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3F836447.1000800@noplace.com> From: Marin David Condic User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 (OEM-HPQ-PRS1C03) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Standard Library Interest? References: <3F7F760E.2020901@comcast.net> <3F8035B0.7080902@noplace.com> <3F816A35.4030108@noplace.com> <3F81FBEC.9010103@noplace.com> <6Ingb.30667$541.13861@nwrdny02.gnilink.net> <3F82B4A4.5060301@noplace.com> <3F82F527.3020101@noplace.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 01:11:51 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.165.30.67 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net 1065575511 209.165.30.67 (Tue, 07 Oct 2003 18:11:51 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 18:11:51 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:418 Date: 2003-10-08T01:11:51+00:00 List-Id: But we've been there and done that numerous times. That's why it needs some kind of "Official Standing" and probably some high level of integration, consistency, orthogonality, documentation, etc., etc. *Anybody* can pull together a bunch of existing stuff from the internet. Getting it accepted as "The Thing" requires something more. MDC Stephane Richard wrote: > > A very justifiable question, because of the history of adapower and > adahome.(I didn't know adahome had such an idea, but then again I haven't > been in the Ada field long enough I suppose. > > My idea of a centralized repository of libraries. is really as it's name > implies. I'd like to build, in essense, a hierarchy if libraries...where > users can go look (by any way they want) for what they need and looking for. > I plan on searching from more than one point of view as in present the > library many different ways based on if and how much they know about what > they want. > > A curious eye might not search the same way as someone looking for a > specific library or binding. If I could I would give it a taxonomy chart of > some sort too for the sake of classification. :-). whatever needs to be > done. (again open to suggestions on how to search within the the Library) I > got ideas on my own and a good deal of em, but it dont mean I got every > "good" way there could be :-). > > I want a database, of course for library records, but these records would > merely point to files in the server (possibly organized the same way as the > taxonomy chart. sousers could quickly do research in the library either > based on a series of keywords, or based on categories or based on > name/pattern matching, based on dates (if they just want to know what's new > in the last week or so, etc etc... > > I think the picture I got in my head is much clearer than what's in these > past paragraphs but I think I explained it clear enough. :-). > -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jsf.mil/NSFrames.htm Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ a c m . o r g "All reformers, however strict their social conscience, live in houses just as big as they can pay for." --Logan Pearsall Smith ======================================================================