Hi Walter Generally I agree, though I don't think that most of the extant search algorithms are so sophisticated. Most packages use brute force, relying on fast hardware. "Throwing silicon at the problem." It works to a point, but in data sets that grow far enough to run into exponential problems (even large quadratic problems ftm) a decent design relying on an appropriate algorithm can do nice things for nice people. CU Jon
Not quite. If I am looking for a book written by a particular author, I want to be able to search for his or her name and not for all books about that particular author. Therefore metadata has a, albeit in this era of sophisticated search algorithms, somewhat reduced, purpose.
And to that particular bird that is usually relegated to my spambox: I really do care whether the 'van' part in my family names is capitalised or not. I'm rather proud of it and do not need beastly pseudonyms to cower behind.
Regards,
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