Message-Id: <200205101944.g4AJiX722395@sitelicense.arizona.edu> Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 12:44:16 -0700 From: Sue Rosoff <mailto:foto_zelda@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: indexing of dynamic web pages To: mailto:IMAGELIB@listserv.arizona.edu
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You know - there is a company in Berkeley I think
who was scanning beautiful books and manuscripts,
making them totally searchable by having a hidden
page behindthe image and they sell cd's... I just
cannot come up with the name of the company...
but if someone remembers the name you might want
to have a look at what they did
Sue Rosoff
Digital Image Processor
Marshallese Cultural Center
and
Kwajalein Missile Range
--- Claire McGuire <mailto:cmcguire@HAVERFORD.EDU>
wrote:
> Hello, all.
>
> We're planning to scan and transcribe a large
> group of 19th century letters. Because we're
> taking the
> time to transcribe these documents, it would be
> nice if search engines could pick up the full
> text
> transcriptions. But because the online versions
> of the transcripts will be database driven, I
> don't think the
> spiders will be able to pick them up. Is there
> a way to get around this? Is it possible to
> create static web
> pages that are still database-driven? OAI may
> help with some of the discovery challenges, but
> I'm
> looking for a way to reach less sophisticated
> users.
>
> I'd be grateful for any suggestions or
> resources that might help me figure out if
> search engines can index
> dynamic web pages.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Claire McGuire
> Haverford College
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