On Tue, 21 Apr 2009, Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
> On Apr 21, 2009, at 10:55 AM, Dr R. Sanderson wrote:
>> How is this 'new type' of index any different from an index of OAI-PMH
>> harvested material? Which in turn is no different from any other
>> local search, just a different method of ingesting the data?
> This "new type" of index is not any different in functionality from a
> well-implemented OAI service provider with the exception of the type
> of content it contains.
Not even the type of content, just the source of the content.
Eg SS have come to an agreement with the publishers to use their
content, and they've stuffed it all in one big index with a nice
interface.
NTSH, Move Along...
Rob
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