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Hi Danny This is very cool, would you consider joining the MSF Federated Search project? I think one of main focus points of the MSF project is not to simply to search web pages. Because we are indexing databases directly, we are able to build a much richer index that enables very specific search queries. Whilst this might be useful for displaying data on websites, it spans far beyond and will enable other internal facing computer systems to benefit, such as Digital Asset Managenent Systems etc, label production systems, borrowing systems etc. Best Wishes David On 6/14/07, Danny Hope <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > 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. > > -- > > Regards, > Danny Hope > http://hobointernet.com > +44 (0)845 230 3760 > > ************************************************** > For mcg information and to manage your subscription to the list, visit the > website at http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk > ************************************************** > ************************************************** For mcg information and to manage your subscription to the list, visit the website at http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk **************************************************