WWW vs. WAIS

Ron D. Appel (appel@cih.hcuge.ch)
Wed, 7 Jul 1993 10:10:01 +0200

I am thinking of setting up a WWW server for multiple databases, with pointers
from one database to the others. Also, certain of these pointers will
point to 2D images.

I am having an argument with someone telling me that everything I am doing
with WWW, I can also do with WAIS. Can anybody summarize the advantages
of WWW vs. WAIS, especially in regard to multiple databases and 2D image
retrieval, or point me to some existing paper describing this?

Thanks.

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