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On Friday 09 August 2002 16:05, you wrote:
Does anyone know where I can get hold of an Open Source Multimedia (or simply text based) Encyclopedia / Dictionary / Other Reference works. I
depending upon copyright etc, how about spidering one or more of the web-based ones like wikipedia or those mentioned, (or asking them for a CD...) and then using Ht:/Dig to search a local copy of it through file access and through the APache running on the local computer? You should provide a means for users to contribute to the project, whether by periodic collection or by uploading or email, I'd say, ethically. -- From one of the Linux desktops of Dr Adrian Midgley http://www.defoam.net/ -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.