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===How about this===

===How about this===

I think this is going to be more powerful than the other one.  I have created a new version of [[List_of_Scholastic_Texts]], which as you can see now supports links to the authors, which the old version never did.   

I think SMW is going to be more powerful than ASK.  I have created a new version of [[List_of_Scholastic_Texts]], which as you can see now supports links to the authors, which the old version never did.   

I am going to experiment with catalogues of medieval manuscripts.  I have a digitised version of M.R.James catologue of manuscripts held in Gonville and Caius' library.  This has details of condition, production date or century, lists of Authors and so on.  There are currently projects to take catalogues like these and use professional software developers in the old-fahshioned and expensive way, to build large and difficult-to-maintain databases that only professional developers (rather than users) can understand.  Using environments like this, you hardly need developers.  A team of users and experts working together can quickly build a database that is far easier to use and far more transparent than any expensive database developed in the traditional IT-led way.

I am going to experiment with catalogues of medieval manuscripts.  I have a digitised version of M.R.James catologue of manuscripts held in Gonville and Caius' library.  This has details of condition, production date or century, lists of Authors and so on.  There are currently projects to take catalogues like these and use professional software developers in the old-fahshioned and expensive way, to build large and difficult-to-maintain databases that only professional developers (rather than users) can understand.  Using environments like this, you hardly need developers.  A team of users and experts working together can quickly build a database that is far easier to use and far more transparent than any expensive database developed in the traditional IT-led way.

The problem is to get the users (i.e. medievalists or whoever) to understand how powerful this can be, and how easy to use.  I will make some experiments with the James catalogue and if this works I will publish something in 'Digital Medievalist'. [[User:Ockham|Ockham]] 08:27, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

The problem is to get the users (i.e. medievalists or whoever) to understand how powerful this can be, and how easy to use.  I will make some experiments with the James catalogue and if this works I will publish something in 'Digital Medievalist'. [[User:Ockham|Ockham]] 08:27, 6 May 2010 (UTC)