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<p>BlackOlive: </p> <hr /> <div>Among bell ringers and bell historians in the UK, there has been from time to time discussion of the establishment of a National Bell Register (or database). The primary intent is that it should be a repository of information about each known bell in the UK which is (or could be) hung in a tower. There has been a pilot project about what items of information might be included in such a database. But actual establishment has not yet occurred because of questions such as cost, ownership, access, and (perhaps most important of all) quality control.<br /> <br /> The same questions would need to be addressed when discussing the establishment of a National Bell Register in other countries, or indeed for an International Bell Register.<br /> <br /> This page is intended to provide a place for collecting ideas about how answer those questions, as well as to raise and answer any other questions that may be relevant to such a project.<br /> <br /> Some points to be addressed:<br /> <br /> # Why is a National Bell Register needed?<br /> # Who (or what) might be an appropriate owner/maintainer of the database?<br /> # How can information be acquired for such a database?<br /> # How should information about bells be organized?<br /> # What is the difference between maintaining the database as a whole and maintaining the information content of the database?<br /> # What kinds of analysis and/or reporting functions should the database have?<br /> # What differences, if any (other than the obvious geographic one), should be expected between the national bell registers of different countries, or between national registers and an international register?<br /> <br /> If you have a potentially useful opinion on any of these points, or a point to add to this list, you're invited to edit this page.<br /> <br /> =Links=<br /> [http://www.bestdissertation.com/services/dissertation.html dissertation]<br /> [http://georgedawson.homestead.com/nbr.html A National Bell Register, compiled by George Dawson]<br /> [[Category: Articles]]</div>

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