On 6/13/07, David Ellis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The Museum Software Foundation (MSF) have been working on a Federated
> Search project
> http://museumsoftwarefoundation.org/cb/sharedProjectInfo.do?proj_id=8. We
> have been using google style search techniques to index databases directly,
> and provide extremely fast retrieval rates. The technology we are using
> scales to billions of records and makes building search infrastructure very
> easy.
Inspired by this, I've setup an aggregated museum search in Google Coop:
http://tinyurl.com/28c7xl
Right now it searches across 10-20 museums. If you volunteer, you can
add more sites to the list.
This would be much more powerful if OPAC vendors would do a better job
when it comes to accessibility.
Something that should be emphasized in this discussion is the OPAC
vendors' role. They have the ability to massively improve the
situation by adopting best practices and implementing standards-based
solutions that are accessible easy to integrate.
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Regards,
Danny Hope
http://hobointernet.com
+44 (0)845 230 3760
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