Re: AIS: Electronic Check List CD Of Iris Registrations
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] AIS: Electronic Check List CD Of Iris Registrations
- From: J* J*
- Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 21:07:47 -0700
academyhouse@toad.net wrote:
>
> > There are currently no plans to publish the Electronic Checklists on
> CD.
> That's a pity. I've used the electronic check list, but find it a
> little
> slow and cumbersome. From the results I've gotten, I know the problem
> has to do with database layout. In my real job, I archive old business
> records on CD. I have no fewer than 90,000 records on one CD and am
> able
> to access them by one of 7 different fields. It works a lot faster
> than
> the electronic check list via my dial up connection.
> The SJI has the Japanese iris check list on disk. It's only a little
> more than 1700 entries, so of course it works well with PC based data
> base management and the data is extremely well laid out. I have loaded
> it on my hard drive so it works even faster. The hard copy check list
> is
> only 60 pages, but I would never have tried to answer questions like
> "How many registrations have 'Flashing Koi' listed in their
> parentage?"
> With the SJI check list on disk, I KNOW the answer to that question.
> Three--and I didn't need to be connected to the internet to find the
> answer.
Dennis is right about the data layout and we are working on increasing
the number of fields that the data is laid into. We will have to go back
and reformat the '89 and '79 to match the same standard. It just takes
time. Each checklist has approximately 10,000 records in it. Imagine
having to insert 7 tab marks in each of those records. Now multiply by
four. We will get there. The step after that is to get the parentage
into a format that can be used by a genealogy program so you can do
parentage searches and family trees. (And no I don't have any ideas
about how to do that yet - and think about the problem of the same cv
being both mother and father in different trees)
The search engine continues to be upgraded so that it is faster.
If you would like a different policy, let the AIS board know. I am up
for it.
John | "There be dragons here"
| Annotation used by ancient cartographers
| to indicate the edge of the known world.
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