Awesome - Didn't know if we needed to do anything before the conference. I can pull some data in XML format. I haven't looked at Solr that much but will try to get a sample into a usable format. thanks, -- Susan Teague Rector Web Applications Manager Library Information Systems, VCU Libraries 804.827.3554 | [log in to unmask] Erik Hatcher wrote: > On Feb 13, 2007, at 9:47 AM, Susan E Teague Rector/FS/VCU wrote: >> Are we supposed to be using a predefined set of data for the >> preconference >> or can we use our own data? > > Susan - I'm going to package up a lot of stuff (Solr, sample > datasets, Luke, etc) to help everyone get started, but bringing your > own data is encouraged as long as you also bring along the necessary > tools and know-how to process that data into something usable by Solr > (either XSLT to .xml files, or via code that speaks to Solr directly). > > So by all means bring your data. > > Erik