[Bell Historians] Dove's Guide of 1800 (was Peals on Six Bells)

[Mike Chester]

--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, Chris Pickford <c.j.pickford.t21 at ...> wrote:
>
> PS to "Let's design a database structure first - and then start 
> collecting the information to populate it."
> 
> I should have added ..." making sure we're clear about the scope and 
> coverage of the database in relation to Dove and other existing resources"
>

An absolutely vital process!  There is a real possiblity that you may be starting on something that grows and grows in terms of the management* of the data involved and its duplication of other resources, particularly Dove.

John Baldwin and Drew Craddock spend many hours each week on their projects - careful that this one does not follow suit!

Mike

*Keeping a good audit trail is very important and can be quite time consuming.