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Posted by srdiamond15
2004-08-24 14:31:02
Do you know whether these were design choices, not to do rtf and not to do indexed searches?
It seems to me that the relative value of some of these products depends upon scale. Zoot and InfoHandler are probably overkill for modest databases. A pure find approach is insufficient for huge databases.
Zoot and InfoHandler serve different purposes. InfoHandler cross-classifies material so you can be sure to find it. Zoot makes information available when you need it. InfoHandler is static where Zoot is dynamic. InfoHandler implements the methods developed by library scientists for classifying data. At the heart of Zoot are rules of movement from one virtual folder to another.
As for me, I use neither. My informational needs aren’t data intensive. They more involve a lot of analysis of a few documents. Over time they accumulate, but their number is never unmanageable. At this level, the approach Idea! takes seems ideal for storage. For actual work, I find Microsoft OneNote surprisingly useful. For organizing a project, I use ADM, but BrainStorm for initial brainstorming. And so it goes.