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Foil 11 Uses of Databases in the NHSE

From Possible Roles of new Web technologies in the NHSE NHSE Review -- 25 January 96. by Geoffrey C. Fox * See also color IMAGE

You can use structured databases such as Oracle to store NHSE data such as Glossaries in an organized fashion with (well-known technology) to generate HTML on the fly
  • 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
Powerful Search engines with domain specific keywords or other NHSE enhanced search methods. These can be attached to commercial (e.,g. altavista) or inhouse Web Search sites
Object databases can be very useful for VRML and other data which is naturally of this form



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