Well, this is a side project with just 2 of us working on it, and I have
the tech skills so it is more of what I need to learn to make it work.

On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 2:22 PM, Ethan Gruber <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> There are countless ways to approach the problem, but I suggest beginning
> with tools that are within the area of expertise of your staff. Mapping
> disparate structured formats into a single Solr instance for fast search
> and retrieval is one possibility.
>
> On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 2:18 PM, Matt Sherman <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am looking to pick the group brain as to what might be the most useful
> > database software for a digital project I am collaborating on.  We are
> > working on converting an annotated bibliography to a searchable database.
> > While I have the data in a few structured formats, we need to figure out
> > now what to actually put it in so that it can be queried.  My default
> line
> > of thinking is to try a MySQL since it is free and used ubiquitously
> > online, but I wanted to see if there were any other database or software
> > systems that we should also consider before investing a lot of time in
> one
> > approach.  Any advice and suggestions would be appreciated.
> >
> > Matt Sherman
> >
>