Re: AIS: Electronic Check List CD Of Iris Registrations

Hi Bobby (or Gretchen),

There are currently no plans to publish the Electronic Checklists on CD.
The limitations on the search capability of the current engine are more
of a problem of the way the data is formatted (or rather not formatted)
than the engine itself. I doubt that a PC resident search program could
do better with the data as it exists today. Yes, you could use a report
generator, but I don't think the results of the search criteria would
give you a satisfactory report result.

We are working on getting the data broken down into more separate fields
which will facilitate better search capability.

Additionally, when we get to the '49 and '39 checklists, there is a
great deal of rationalization of the data that we will have to do to get
it into shape for the database.

I appreciate your thoughts and criticisms (as well as anyone else's) and
will forward them on to the AIS board for their consideration.
Publishing the database as it exists today on CD is a policy issue,
certainly not a technical one. (Although there are a few issues
regarding updates and corrections)

John Jones
Chairman, AIS Committee for Electronic Member Services
Director, American Iris Society
List owner iris-talk and iris-photos

Iris Moose wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know when the Electronic Check List of Iris Registrations
> will
> be available on a CD?  I have seen the website with some of the
> information
> but know that a CD would be superior because of the additional
> formatting
> and report generating as well as better search capabilities than the
> website
> currently has.  The CD would also be light years faster and a better
> tool
> for all Iris people.
> 
> I have heard that it may not be available on a CD but that sounds kind
> of
> silly to go to all the effort to prepare it electronically and then
> not use
> it appropriately for the greatest benefit of the Society's members.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Iris Moose
> Wake Forest, NC
> http://daylily.net/irismoose/
> 
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