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From: mjs@eagle.UUCP (M.J.Shannon)
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Subject: Re: Byte Indexes (the saga continues)
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Date: Wed, 24-Jul-85 07:54:41 EDT
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> Once again I am hearing rumors of a mythical Byte Index that is or will
> be available. I don't think it will be machine readable and probably
> available as a separate document rather than in an issue of Byte. So
> I have once again begun to think of a "home grown" data base of Byte
> articles for personal computers. 
> 
> The simplest method might be to produce a form not unlike the message headers
> that could be filled in for each article along the lines of
> Title:
> Author:
> Magazine:
> Issue:
> Pages:
> Processor Type(s):
> Category: (could be Software, Hardware, Algorithms, etc)
> SubCategory: (eg Data Base, Compiler, Tools, OS)
> Abstract: (paragraph on article)
> 
> Any other suggestions? Organizing might be a bit difficult but it would be
> fairly simple to write a translator from the form to your favorite data
> base. The reason for the Magazine entry is obviously if this is successful
> it might be possible on other magazines as well.
> 
> --Chuck

Why not use the `bib' or `refer' format for this data?  Most folks reading this
group are on UNIX Systems, or have snarfed the `bib' command posted.  This
might result in the proliferation of tools to manipulate such bibliographic
databases, and thus make the format even more useful.
-- 
	Marty Shannon
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