> Jim Croft writes: > > Any chance of getting these specifications [the ICOM-CIDOC data model] > on a gopher or ftp server or similar? Tracking down paper is a real pain... > > > Nevertheless, it follows the structure of what you've been doing with > > LASSI and others have done in developing data structures. > > and these? > > The more models and database designs that are out there on the network, > the less wheels muesum peole will have to reinvent... > I agree it would be a good thing to share models as far as possible. The CIDOC model has a lot of pages of text (127 "Logical data groups" = entities and 281 "Logical data elements" = attributes) at 1 per page in a thick ring binder with introduction, diagram and indexes. I'm not sure who holds the master or whether it is in a form which could be made available by ftp - perhaps Jim Blackaby will know; if not I'll ask some of the people on the CIDOC Working Group. The LASSI work is at a very early stage; as it is being done for a consortium of museums under contract it is up to them how and when they make anything more widely available, but I am sure they are aware of the interest. Does anyone know of any other data models? Leonard -- Leonard Will Tel: +44 81 366 7386 Information Management Consultant Fax: +44 81 366 0916 27 Calshot Way, ENFIELD, Middlesex Email: [log in to unmask] EN2 7BQ, United Kingdom