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Dbalzer at 19:13, 1 April 2011

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Dbalzer at 18:50, 1 April 2011

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2011-04-01T12:54:36Z

Created page with "''From the TC 372 Workshop Compendium'' ==So many databases ...== ... and still more to come? Over the past two or three decades, databases have sprouted in every corner. ..."

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''From the [[TC 372 Workshop Compendium]]''

==So many databases ...==

... and still more to come?

Over the past two or three decades, databases have sprouted in every corner. With little or no guidance from standards, we now often have '''dozens''' of film-related databases '''in a single institution'''.

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Consolidating legacy databases is a time-consuming task.
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Authentic statements from a past century:

''"Why should creating a database be different from creating a filmography for a book?"''

''"If I do not share scholarly interests with my colleague, why should I share a database with him?"''

''"How can I stay in control of my data if anybody around here can change it?"''

''"My database should reflect my interests, not those of a committee."''
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 ... and still more to come?
-Over the past two or three decades, databases have sprouted in every corner. With little or no guidance from standards, we now often have '''dozens''' of film-related databases '''in a single institution'''.
+Over the past two or three decades, '''databases''' have sprouted in every corner. With little or no guidance from standards, we now often have '''dozens''' of film-related databases '''in a single institution'''.
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 Those were the days:
-Personal desktop computers encouraged the creation of '''personal databases'''. Many of these databases '''still exist''' (and continue to grow).
+Personal desktop computers encouraged the creation of '''personal databases'''. Many of them '''still exist''' (and continue to grow).
-Some of these databases are real gems of scholarship, reflecting thousands of hours of diligent research.
+Some of these databases are real gems of scholarship, reflecting thousands of hours of diligent research. However, integrating them with modern knowledge bases can require further hundreds of hours of manual work.
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-HRH Princess Anne marvelling a desktop computer.
+HRH Princess Anne marvelling at a 1980s desktop computer.
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		+	Personal desktop computers encouraged the creation of '''personal databases'''. Many of these databases '''still exist''' (and continue to grow).
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		+	Some of these databases are real gems of scholarship, reflecting thousands of hours of diligent research.
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