Re: COMP: Online Databases
- To: i*@egroups.com
- Subject: Re: COMP: Online Databases
- From: p*@coupeville.net
- Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 04:28:30 -0000
John,
Good to hear that the '99 edition is on its way! Will it exist in
both print and online? What will the print copy cost? As you say,
that's an easier reference, though I would consider getting both, the
search information would be so valuable. You'll let us know when
it/they are available, won't you?
Patricia Brooks
Whidbey Island, WA, zone 8?
--- In iris-talk@egroups.com, John Jones <jijones@i...> wrote:
>
>
> patriciabrooks@c... wrote:
> >
> > Is it true that the R&I is being indexed to be online? $7 for
each
> > and every year becomes prohibitive.
>
> and
>
> storylade@a... wrote:
>
> > Yes, they are; however, the cumulative lists that comes out every
10 years
> > are fairly reasonable and can be carried about much easier. I
accumulated a
> > full set through the years and wouldn't do without them. The
index will be
> > quick and easy for looking things up, but I'm a hard copy
person! Already,
> > I've had problems with the site not working. Books, to read
online, are not
> > catching on as people expected so maybe there are more people out
there like
> > me.
>
> The R&Is are being put online. The '89 is online now, the '79 is
almost
> ready. We will put up the '99 after it is ready to go to the
printer.
>
> The already printed ones have to be scanned and converted to text
then
> proofed against the book.
>
> For the time being access to the database is free. When the '99
> checklist is added to the '89 and '79 there will be a subscription
fee
> of $10.00 per year for full access to all the databases.
>
> There is a second database that consists of all the registered iris
> names from the beginning through and including the '99 R&I. This is
of
> great use in either searching for an iris name to find the
description
> (saves searching book by book to find an iris) or searching for a
new
> name to use for your about to be introduced seedling.
>
> Certainly (for the moment in technology time) it is easier to carry
a
> book into the garden, to a show etc. and the online database is not
much
> better than the book if all you want to do is look up the
description of
> a cv (assuming that you know which book to look in). However, the
> database has a search engine associated with it and allows
sophisticated
> word searches including, for instance, looking for a particular cv
in
> the ancestry of each iris in the database (that is, each iris for
which
> the registrant provided ancestry).
>
> It also allows the user to copy the information from the website
window
> and paste it into another document - say for a list of irises on
sale.
> If you are as slow a typist as I am, that is a definite benefit.
>
> Certainly there have been times that the database has not been
> available, but in my work with it I can say it has been available at
> least 99% of the time. When accessing a website there are many
nodes in
> between that can cause problems. That is not to say that there were
not
> times in the early stages when there were problems, but to my
knowledge
> all of the problems that have been reported to me have been fixed
expeditiously.
>
>
>
>
> John | "There be dragons here"
> | Annotation used by ancient cartographers
> | to indicate the edge of the known world.
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