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Foil 9 Uses of Databases for Goethe Institut

From Master Foilset for The Information Highway for Goethe Institut Annual Meeting at Goethe House -- 22 May 1996. by Geoffrey C. Fox * See also color IMAGE

Store information in databases and NOT Web Pages
  • Generate Web Pages on the fly
You can use structured databases such as Oracle to store resource data such as Glossaries in an organized fashion
  • Note WebFoil illustrates that computer generated HTML allows one to track changes in standards and exploit new features quicker
Can also store unstructured information as illustrated by Usenet computer and other relevant newsgroups
Use the powerful Search engines with domain (i.e. particular courses) specific keywords . These can be attached to commercial (e.,g. altavista) or inhouse Web Search sites so search confined to subset of curricula material
Object databases can be very useful for VRML and other data which is naturally of this form such as images and output of simulations



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