I'd stick to a one level index with all the cats, sub cats all the same level. Not the same utility, but tons easier to do and to keep up. I'm only thinking of the Libarian's health. ;-) sh --- Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote: > On Sat, 10 Apr 2004, S. Hieber wrote: > > > Is it not possible to mark all the relevenat subjects > in > > each article and then let a program create an index, > > sweeping for the listings? No schema to remember, you > just > > plot it once for the program. There must be index > > generators around -- you see them in the word > processors. > > You see, that's the part I've already done. I enter a > set of categories > for each article, and the program creates all the > cross-references along > with the author index and magazine index. But what ARE > the actual > subjects? There's a dozen or more main categories > (chemistry, culturing, > history, aquascaping, lighting, CO2, fertilization, etc), > and probably > hundreds of subcategories. So recognizing that one > already has > "aquascaping, Nature Aquarium Style" before inventing > "aquascaping, Amano" > is a bit of a trick... > > - Erik > > -- > Erik Olson > erik at thekrib dot com > > ------------------ > To unsubscribe from this list, e-mail > majordomo@thekrib.com > with "unsubscribe aga-sc" in the body of the message. > Old messages are available at > http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-sc > When asked, log in as username is "aga-sc", and > password "incorp". > ===== - - - - - - - - AGA 2004 Annual Convention Designing The Nature Aquarium -- demonstrated by Takashi Amano Paludarium design -- Mike Senske Planted Aquarium Ecology -- Diana Walstad Cryptocorynes -- Jan D. Bastmeijer Field Trip, workshops and more, Nov 12, 13 & 14; Marriott Crystal Gateway, Arlington, VA, USA Details & Registration at www.aquatic-gardeners.org & www.gwapa.org __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html ------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, e-mail majordomo@thekrib.com with "unsubscribe aga-sc" in the body of the message. Old messages are available at http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-sc When asked, log in as username is "aga-sc", and password "incorp".