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Organizing the Alphabet Soup

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Subject: Organizing the Alphabet Soup
From: "Bob Schmitt" <bob.schmitt@sainthood.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 15:02:30 -0800
Mark -
>
> Sorry to say this, but there is no such thing.  To my knowledge no one has
> ever attempted to cross-reference the specs of all the U.S vintage
> organizations.  It would be a monumental task!  This lack of universality
> can seem very frustrating at first, but it's really not a big deal from a
> practical standpoint.

I can visualize an approach:

1.    Get each set of rules from each org into HTML format

2.    Make a "master table", with the orgs as columns and the categories
(bodywork, brakes, engines, safety), with sub-categories, as rows.

3.    In the cells, put the reference number to the rule citation and make a
HTML link to that exact cite, which is a bookmark.

Not an easy task, but a good winter project.  With a few folks working on
it, maybe just a few weeks?

Bob

PS I did exactly this to create a uniform set of technology (software,
hardware) acquisition agreements for my last consulting position.  It worked
out pretty well.

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