Re: Internet search engines and databases

From: Mark Preston <mark_at_mpreston.demon.co.uk>
Date: 2000/04/09
Message-ID: <38f0ab02.1691926@news.demon.co.uk>#1/1

With respect, Ken, I disagree for the following reasons.

On Fri, 7 Apr 2000 21:11:44 -0700, "KenNorth" <knorth_at_my-deja.com> wrote:

>> > Tony Fulford <tony_fulfordNOtoSPAM_at_ibm.net.invalid> wrote:
>> > > I would like to start a new thread to discuss the future of searching
>> > > the internet.
>
>Even if you got every Web site in the world to expose its metadata as XML,
>you'd still have a problem with semantics. Is my <ID> the same as your <ID>?
>

It matters not a bit - you will be using their DTD or Schema for their data, not yours. It only matters if you want to actually import their data into your database - in which case you need a conversion scheme and have built a shared-data business tool. There are plenty of these about, although not many running live, I understand.

-- 
Mark A Preston BSc, FIAP
The Magpie's Nest
mark_at_mpreston.demon.co.uk

Received on Sun Apr 09 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT