On Jan 6, 2009, at 2:55 PM, Mike Crowe wrote: > I have used some of the comercial schematic packages that allow > integration of attribute information into a database. It provides > significant improvements for tasks such as; generating purchasing > requests, inventory management, and bill of materials management, and > component obsolescence. When viewing the attributes on the schematic, > one is looking at the latest component information.
That's part of what using a project symbol directory, instead of library symbol instances, achieves. The only difference between this and some other kind of database is the form of the capsule around the information. A symbol file is a perfectly reasonable capsule. John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd. http://www.noqsi.com/ [email protected] _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

