Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] SUBDB Announcement

[Marc de Piolenc <piolenc@archivale.com>]

Given the purpose of the database, you should not put information 
providers in a position where they have to pay you to include their 
information. Getting information INTO the database must be free of 
charge; you might even offer a small reward like a free listing. If you 
have to get money, the best way would be through paid advertising that 
would accompany ACCESS to the list. If that isn't enough you might 
charge for enhanced DISPLAY - in other words, those who pay get more 
fields displayed when the database is consulted. Even that might be 
contrary to purpose, though, as in an emergency all data should be 
immediately accessible to those who might need them.

If it were me, I would also be much more liberal in including 
fragmentary information. A fragmentary listing tells you AND OTHERS that 
there is more information out there to be gathered. If you put nothing 
in, then so far as anybody knows there is nothing to seek.

Marc de Piolenc

On 6/21/2010 12:10 PM, Jon Wallace wrote:
> Today, I am announcing the formation of the International Submersible
> Database (ISDB) and the availability of SUBDB (www.subdb.info) a
> database of non-military submersibles and new web site associated with
> PSUBS. SUBDB was inspired by the efforts of Dan Hryhorcoff over two
> years ago, who collected information about various subs owned by
> psubbers. At the 2008 Convention in Maine, I presented the idea of
> expanding that collection into a formal database which would not only
> serve as a current and historical reference for submersibles but also as
> a central repository of detailed information that could be accessed via
> the internet and used to aide the rescue or recovery submersibles that
> might find themselves in an emergency situation. This was well received
> and so development began on a part time basis.



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