Alternative solutions
A Super Database
- unwieldly
- obsolete before it is established
Distributed, free standing databases (today)
- awkward for sharing information
(much knowledge derives from the intersections)
- hyperlinks and shared references allow navigation
Distributed databases with a single standard allowing interoperation
- standards follow progress, cannot lead it
Distributed databses with published formats
- requires rapid adaptation to keep up with resources
(but the number of resources per project will be limited)
with mediators to isolate projects from resources