[thelist] Online/offline glossary
Rachel Cunliffe
rachel at cre8d-design.com
Wed Sep 4 00:03:01 CDT 2002
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Hi everyone
I have been investigating stacks of options for creating an online/offline (CD-Rom) glossary of statistical terms.
Here's a summary of possibilities:
- XML/XSLT. Advantage: data stored nicely. Easy to add to. Disadvantage: functionality seemingly difficult to program (searching/filtering terms).
- HTML. Advantage: quick solution. Disadvantages: messy to update. Searching/filtering tricky.
- Microsoft Help files. Advantage: familiar to users, search facilities, cross-referencing etc. Disadvantage: time to learn how to program it. Not an online solution.
- PHP/MySQL. Advantage: data stored nicely. Easy to add to, searchable. Disadvantage: not an offline solution.
Can anyone offer me any advice as to what you would suggest using, and any other possibilities that I may not be aware of?
Many thanks,
Rachel Cunliffe
Department of Statistics
The University of Auckland.
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