On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 05:10:39PM -0500, D Garcia wrote:
It would be excellent to have a nightly-updated feed of appropriately anonymized Cleared clearances published by PG in the same or similar format as the Catalog feed.
Granted, this is not the same as David Price's list, but it would be beneficial to would-be content providers and take some of the load off of him.
This is doable, but what do you want the records for?
There is the drawback that the old 'gbn' clearances would not be in the new database, but it should be possible if there is a willing volunteer able to convert those appropriately to the new format, and I will mention that I have appropriate experience in this area.
Everything is in a database now...though the older data are not divided into appropriate fields.
I can forsee some difficulty in tying old clearances to current PG usernames, though many should be mappable via email address.
What do you need usernames for? Generally speaking, we try to keep clearance submitters' personal information "need to know," which many have requested. We're always happy to hook up people with old submitters, via email, when it looks like a cleared item will not really be produced any time soon. Just email me, or David Price, or copyright AT pglaf.org (goes to me & Juliet Sutherland).h -- Greg