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Re: New Partsref is pure bliss
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Thu, 2 Nov 2000 19:15:46 GMT
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Steve Bliss <steve.bliss@home.com> writes:

Thanks for kudos.  I think there's still room for improvement in Partsref,
but I'm very happy with how this version turned out.  But I couldn't have
done it without Todd's (and I somewhat suspect, Suzanne's) help.

One BIG improvement would be to crossref parts with the sets they come in.
I know getting the data is a huge undertaking, as it amounts to doing
inventories of all the sets.  But if inventories were actually used
in this way I guess this would help motivate people to do them.
In addition to sets there could also be crossrefs to main models,
whose inventories can be deduced from the scanned instructions.

What do you think?

Jürgen

--
Jürgen Stuber <stuber@loria.fr>
http://www.loria.fr/~stuber/



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: New Partsref is pure bliss
 
(...) I'm not Steve, but I think it is a great idea that will not happen until we have a well-defined inventory format and uploading mechanism that insures when an eager person supplies an inventory it will promptly become available to everyone. Is (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)  
  Re: New Partsref is pure bliss
 
(...) There are a number of places where some set-to-part cross-references are posted. None are complete. So, instead of duplicating information that was already out there, Partsref provides links to known locations for the information. If you look (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: New Partsref is pure bliss
 
You forgot to cross-post to lugnet.off-topic.pun. :) Thanks for kudos. I think there's still room for improvement in Partsref, but I'm very happy with how this version turned out. But I couldn't have done it without Todd's (and I somewhat suspect, (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

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