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<H1>The future of ACEDB</H1>
<p><i>(Last major change: <FONT color="red">01-Sept-1999</FONT>)</i></p>

<H3>Introduction</H3>

<p>These pages are an attempt to gather together lots of ideas that are floating
around about how acedb <B>might</B> develop in the future. Consequently they are
changed as new ideas emerge and existing ones are revised. The
intention is that anyone should be able to contribute their ideas to how
they think ACEDB should develop.</P>

<p>Your views are <BOLD>important</BOLD>, please send them to me, </p>
<address>
  <A href="mailto:edgrif@sanger.ac.uk">Ed Griffiths: edgrif@sanger.ac.uk</A>
</address>
and I will incorporate them into these pages.</p>


<H3>Document structure</H3>
<p>The documents are divided up into three main sections:
<UL>
  <LI><a href="short_term.shtml">Short term</a>: changes for the next few months to a year
  <LI><a href="medium_term.shtml">Medium term</a>: changes over the next  1-2 years
  <LI><a href="long_term.shtml">Long term</a>: changes over the next  2-5 years
</UL>
Each section is further subdivided into 'developer' and 'user' changes, the intention
being that if, for example, you are a user of acedb and want to see what changes
are being considered in the next 1-2 years you can go straight to the relevant
section.</p>

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