Thanks for the feedback, Chuck. We were still updating the MWeb Universal demo site when you tried to use it. It's working now at http://systemsplanning.com/uni/
All comments are welcome! Stephen - Stephen Toney Systems Planning toney at systemsplanning.com http://systemsplanning.com MWeb, CAPS, MARCView, and MARConvert are trademarks of Systems Planning On Thu, 2009-03-12 at 09:57 -0400, Chuck Patch wrote: > Hi Stephen, > > This is really interesting. The demo system choked up on me when I > tried it this morning, but I'll try it again some other time. I assume > that the each system that is to be part of the universal search has to > have a database connector installed that is part of this system? What > is the connector? > > My favorite slide, because it illustrates one of the problems > involving taxonomy, is the search for vase, which features a record > for a Gibson guitar. But this looks like you are inches away from > being able to create a PastPerfect Consortium. > > Chuck > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 6:58 AM, Stephen Toney > <toney at systemsplanning.com> wrote: > Systems Planning has just released MWeb Universal 2.0. MWeb > Universal > provides integrated/federated searching of any number of > databases on > any number of servers. > > Since the databases are searched in their native form, there > is no need > to export them or send them to a central site. > > Databases may include any CMS, database systems like Oracle > and MySQL, > and library MARC21 records in their native format. > > Search features include keyword and phrase searching, boolean, > truncation, and the ability to restrict searches to specific > fields. > > Each site may customize the searches, displays, and interface. > > Low price with no annual fee. Free support is included. > > For more information and slideshow, please see > http://systemsplanning.com/mweb/universal.asp > > All comments and inquiries are welcome! > > - > Stephen Toney > Systems Planning > toney at systemsplanning.com > http://systemsplanning.com > > MWeb, CAPS, MARCView, and MARConvert are trademarks of Systems > Planning > > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the > Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ >
