Embedding a link in the main "PKG Name tab" is certainly do-able (and easy)
[[ HOME: http://..... ]] or something.. No particular value add, locale-ity,
or integration...  (not a big fan of pop-ups).... but having said that -- I
can see how on the list of priorities this may be a good way to go.

The "interesting" piece here is that if the framework in the pkg-manger
points to say an openSolaris.org hosted wiki-back-end, the heavy lifting
(populating the data) could potentially be done by the community -- not just
the OpenSolaris community.... (and if the details tab is EMPTY, it might
point the user to a wiki/URL they can follow to populate according to their
locale?)

 I'm actually surprised there isn't already some sort of "general
Application Inventory" type of service somewhere on the net. Something along
the lines of:

"*CDDB* (which stands for *C*ompact *D*isc *D*ata*b*ase) is a licensed
trademark of Gracenote <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracenote>, Inc. It is
a database <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database> for
software<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software>
applications <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_software> to look up
audio CD (compact disc <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_disc>)
information over the Internet <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet>. This
is performed by a client which calculates a (nearly) unique disc
ID<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identifier>and then queries the
database. As a result, the client is able to display
the artist name, CD title, track list and some additional information."

Just a though..

thanks,

 -- MikeE
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