Cataloging the Internet, number of documents in the world

[Robert H. Terry]

Quite possible a standards group needs to be formed (if it has already 
please inform me of same) that deals with Library Interoperability Issues.
Ideas like a standard Basic Interoperability Data Model which could be 
included in the optional META Tag of HTML Headers would allow for both Robot 
and manual searching/retrieval/acquisition.   Libraries need not keep 
documents but could interoperate in such a manner that only metadata is 
maintained through automated fashions from other libraries.  

Actually, as some may remember this is exactly what my project is working 
towards in the area of Software Libraries (Repositories).  Though not 
ready for public comsumption completely, we have made some major 
advancements.  One standard practise we maintain is to not re-invent the 
wheel, we reuse the efforts of others.  Instead of running out and 
writing code we first research whats out there and really do attempt to 
make use of it.  Thus, our work has been concentrating on building an 
interface which uses those gathered tools, and generates usuable html 
pages for Administrators (librarians).

Bob Terry

http://rbse.mountain.net/MOREplus/