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dennyanspach <danspach@...>
Can anyone explain or expand upon the new "NMRA-based" periodical indexing system at <http://www.olimpia.com:8084/magazine-index.html> ? This is NOT the renewed Kalmbach system, but is a separate effort. That it is apparently "open source" and is to be available to everyone seems to augur real promise, and in a separate way, it is a worthy effort for the NMRA.
Denny Denny S. Anspach MD Sacramento |
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Jeff Shultz <jeff@...>
On Wed, January 19, 2011 11:52 am, dennyanspach wrote:
Can anyone explain or expand upon the new "NMRA-based" periodical indexingI think you pretty much just did explain it. It was started in response to Kalmbach shutting down their index. They're also more open to what magazines and periodicals can be indexed, including on-line ones. -- Jeff Shultz http://www.shultzinfosystems.com |
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Denny, this looks like it could develop into an excellent resource, but
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it also may need some strong auditing to ensure consistent quality and terminology*. I looked at just two issues of Mainline Modeler and the quality of the entries is highly variable. My own notes on those two MM issues contains 2x as many references and each reference is more detailed. I'm not sure the current format of the web site will accomodate more detailed references but I hope it will. If this is an NMRA activity, why is it on this "olimpia.com" website? Tim O'Connor * Terminology issues: is it an X-43 or an X43? Is it B&M or Boston & Maine? And so on, raised to infinity. With hundreds of editors, you can imagine this could spiral out of control (spelling errors anyone?) and render the whole thing almost useless. Can anyone explain or expand upon the new "NMRA-based" periodical indexing system at <http://www.olimpia.com:8084/magazine-index.html> ? This is NOT the renewed Kalmbach system, but is a separate effort. That it is apparently "open source" and is to be available to everyone seems to augur real promise, and in a separate way, it is a worthy effort for the NMRA. |
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Randy Hammill
Agreed, there are a handful of articles about 'reffers' listed in the index now. I spotted them when looking for articles by Richard Hendrickson.
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As far as I can tell, there's no easy way to correct entries after they have been made, just a 'report an error' form. But that will require somebody to make a decision, then make the change. That requires a lot of work-hours for a project like this. The best approach would be more wiki-like so that people could make corrections on the fly. There's not really any reason to limit corrections. I haven't joined as a participant, so I don't know if any participant can edit any existing entry. That would help. Randy Hammill http://newbritainstation.com --- In STMFC@..., Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> wrote:
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