Re: [ARSCLIST] My "CD-based" gripe--was: ARSC Awards -- Award criteria (was: Awards 2009 - Call for Nominations)

[David Breneman <david_breneman@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- On Sun, 11/23/08, Steven C. Barr <stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> IF digital "publication" was in the form of
> database file(s), the data
> contained within could be easily and quickly searched
> and/or re-sorted by the users! 


OK, which databse should we standardize on? Oracle? MySQL?
Something in between?

Now, if we're talking about providing data in a .csv file that
can be imported into any database, or even a spreadsheet, or
even better, accessed via grep, then that's something useful.