NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/comp/infosyst/gopher/1238

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From: [e-mail] (Bill Silvert)
Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.gopher
Subject: Veronica:  an Archie for Gopher
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I've just given Veronica a try, and it is definitely a step forward in
the gopher universe.  However, I still feel (as I've posted to Usenet)
that a more structured approach to gopher classification is needed.

For example, I did a search on "ecology" and came up with over 100
entries.  Very exciting, until I realized that most of these are for
specific university courses (Plankton Ecology 516 at U. Wisconsin for
example).  We need some way to filter out references to local gopher
sites.  Sure, it may well be that there is interest at one university in
looking at class notes at another, but my concern is whether there is
some way to find the gophers that offer specific types of information.

If the information could be structured in a hierarchical fashion, all
the better.  Say a couple of master gophers for physics, which point at
secondary masters for nuclear and other fields.
--
Bill Silvert at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography
P. O. Box 1006, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, CANADA B2Y 4A2
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