On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 11:38:11AM +0200, Marcello Perathoner wrote:
Greg Newby wrote:
In a nutshell, Craig's program parses the RDF/XML catalog into a MySQL database. Then, PHP is used to provide a user with an iterative, interactive set of steps to add and delete eBooks and their formats from the ISO.
Who do we target, the PG DVD team or the user at large?
The user at large. But there are benefits for the DVD team and other purposes, as well. For example, someone will be able to "save" their ISO configuration, then return later to get *updated* files for the same eBooks. This will be particularly useful for doing things like quarterly updates of "theme" CDs or DVDs, such as Col Choat's idea of an "explorers" collection.
Where is this program supposed to run when it is ready?
On a beefy server. Right now it's on snowy.arsc.alaska.edu, and I imagine snowy will be suitable for relatively large-scale use. I hope the program will be available at other mirror sites, too. I think it will be too intensive in disk & CPU for iBiblio, but you never know... if this sounds computationally unrealistic to offer to the general reader, to you, read my work .sig below :-) -- Greg Dr. Gregory B. Newby, Chief Scientist, Arctic Region Supercomputing Center Univ of Alaska Fairbanks-909 Koyukuk Dr-PO Box 756020-Fairbanks-AK 99775-6020 e: newby AT arsc.edu v: 907-450-8663 f: 907-450-8601 w: www.arsc.edu/~newby