Re: gEDA-user: Database on symbols, footprints and other (was "Re: gattrib")

[Matthew Wilkins <matthew_m_wilkins@xxxxxxxx>]

   You may also be able to get manufacturers to publish their part data in
   their own database repository.  If the system is made general purpose,
   it could be adopted by other (commercial and open-source) packages.
   At that point there would be a lot of pressure for manufacturers to
   play along and do the work for us.
   I see it being a lot like the RPM package management system, where you
   can sign up to a lot of different information providers and search for
   the parts you need.
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   From: Dave McGuire <mcguire@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
   To: gEDA user mailing list <geda-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
   Sent: Thu, May 6, 2010 2:34:31 PM
   Subject: Re: gEDA-user: Database on symbols, footprints and other (was
   "Re: gattrib")
   On May 6, 2010, at 5:30 PM, Felipe De la Puente Christen wrote:
   > Sometime ago I was thinking that gEDA-users as a comunity could
   request
   > a part search API-like system to the distributors. For
   example,Digikey
   > already has a fast-search bar for firefox, so they are not far from
   what
   > I mean. But the useful way would be something like the GeoCode APIs
   > available on the web. So the app can build a part search request from
   a
   > set of string, and generate the url to get the answers. A solution
   like
   > that would allow every EDA tool to implement multiple itneresting
   > functions like purchase information from multiple distributors based
   on
   > BOM info, and so on.
   >
   > I have the feeling that this could have good reception from companies
   > like digikey, mouser, arrow...
     This would be wonderful, wonderful, WONDERFUL.
     It would ROCK.
     In case I'm being unclear, I think this is a great idea.
     And I like it.
             -Dave
   --Dave McGuire
   Port Charlotte, FL
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