2 Oct
2015
2 Oct
'15
8:59 a.m.
On 10/2/2015 12:04 AM, william degnan wrote:
Coming up with a schema that works with multiple
manufacturers is the big
challenge.
Not sure it is that big a challenge. Perfection is not required. Just
the ability to find stuff later. My schema currently has manual
manufacturer - the original manufacturer of the machine, and then each
artifact (copy of a manual) has a publisher.
Consider the case of Apollo which got bought by HP.
For a DNxxxx machine, the machine manufacturer is always Apollo. For a
400 or 700 series, the manufacturer is always HP. However a given copy
of a manual may have been published by Apollo (older) or HP (newer) -
with the very same number. The schema supports that.
(New schema posted at
http://webpages.charter.net/thecomputercollection/misc/manualmodel.pdf ).
JRJ