Open Sourced Cataloguing Packages?

mcse_knowthyenemy asks: "I am cataloguing a HUGE private collection for a magician (No, we cannot waive a wand...) with an item count of at least 100k. The end result will be a searchable website. There are several Windoze packages that fit the bill (item data ad nauseum, image inclusion, reports, website). But these invariably requires numerous Microsoft products plus IIS. So, any input on a solution that is based on Apache, instead?" There are plenty of cataloguing and e-Commerce bases out ther that would work for this, one only has to perform a quick Freshmeat search to find them, however this being a museum, maybe there are better options? Would you use the already available software for this sitution or would you write something custom, instead?

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custom work would be my shot

[tuanjim_2001]

I have to jump in on this being that this is my current profession. More than likely a custom made approach would work best here (Ofcourse GPL/BSDL the work). Try a *SQL database, with apache for the web (like you said). Use perl and cgi scripts to access and create your catalogue. Take a look at Endeavor . They are what alot of libraries use. It would be hard, not going to pull punches here, but it would garuntee contract work for life. Good luck with this and I know I'd like to keep up with how this pans out.