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Open Meta Tools Make It Big

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the but-who-watches-the-meta-watchers dept.

Morgahastu writes "Byte.com has a great article about open meta tools and open software in general: "After more than 10 years of open-software development in the scientific community, open software now holds a preeminent place in the operation of the computing community. The three products I have written about simply scratch the surface of the powerful tools available. OpenLDAP and OAI both enable a wide variety of sharing and automated access.""

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  1. Re:To a man with a hammer... by JanneM · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It would maybe not make sense directly. However, set an LDAP system as a front-end to the database, and you can access all the data you need in a standard way; connect several library databases into one homogenous virtual database and so on.

    Maybe (and this is blue-sky territory) have a personal LDPA server that in turn accesses all the data you have access to - search for 'Turing', and you will get Google links, references to his papers (with abstracts, and maybe full-text), and information on what publications are available at your local library, through inter-library loans, and what they would cost you to buy at any of several online bookstores.

    /Janne

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  2. Re:Byte Magazine by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    who the hell subscribes to /anything/ for *7* years??