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Apr 25, 2018 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
Looked at the BM survey on improving their collections online. The answers they'll get will do little to improve it. Here's my view on where it needs to go. 1/n
The whole system needs rewriting using a modern web framework, using up to date open source search software such as solr or elastic. It needs dumps of data to be made available under a proper open license, not restricted by nc-sa clauses.