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It might be worth checking out some existing solutions to the problem. Zotero is a pretty good tool for collecting, organizing, and sharing citation data - open source, works through a browser plug-in, collaboration capabilities (though the server code is a bit harder to get one's hands on). For database, you might also look at noSQL options. eXist (http://exist-db.org) is an open source XML database that's pretty extensively used for cataloguing type applications. CouchDB is also kind of interesting, and easy to use. Miles Fidelman On 4/15/16 2:22 PM, Ethan Gruber 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 >> -- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra