> > Basically my point is that CPAN's search engine is good, but limited. > Short of asking module authors to add more meta-data to their module > distros or writing some large AI which can understand our modules and > the problem spaces they apply too, I think the next best thing might be > to write these CPAN catalog modules.
I'd recommend a search interface similar to http://del.icio.us for cataloguing/indexing modules. One could associate multiple keywords or tags with a given module. Currently rjbs has an open-source implementation of del.icio, http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Rubric . If you all plan on indexing many modules, I would hope that the meta-deta ( module name,keywords,module descriptions ...) would be database-backended. This way the meta-data could be used both to generate browseable catalog modules or to provide a search interface. I've been using my own tag-based module, Fry::Lib::CDBI::Tags, for keeping track of cpan modules for a while. I'd be interested in helping with a tag-based search interface. Gabriel -- my looovely website -- http://www.chwhat.com BTW, IF chwhat.com goes down email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ sw-design mailing list [email protected] http://metaperl.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sw-design
