Hi, I am looking to set up a new 'public' database for barcodes. There are a couple of barcode databases out there, namely http://www.upcdatabase.com/ and http//en.barcodepedia.com/. UPC Database is old fashioned and over run by Google ads, but does provide an (unsecure) XML-RPC interface. Barcodepedia is more modern, but there is no XML-RPC. UPC Database has ~20000 users and 977,498 barcode entries, but there is simply a barcode and a name (sometimes a size/ weight) - no description. Both sites claim to use the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. I wish to set up a similar website. Indexed on the modern EAN-13 (used across the world, and includes ISBNs), the database will store a barcode and name for *every* product. Additionally, the description of the product can be stored. In the future, I would like to implement a 'tag-type' system, whereby a tag, consisting of name (eg Author) and value (eg JK Rowling), can be assigned to one or more objects. These tags could include links to publicly available images etc. The country of registration of each product can be derived from the barcode itself. I want to set up XML-RPC access for both downloading and uploading products, but I want them to be secure. When people upload or edit a product, I want it to go onto a pending list for me (and others in the future with the appropriate rights) to approve, unless it’s the manufacturer themselves. I know a very basic database is easy to setup - I did it in a day or two, but I am struggling with the user management side, including the authentication of API access, as well as how to implement a 'pending' list. Has anybody got any ideas?? Is there any (free) software out there capable of this?? If anybody else wishes to contribute to this very young project, I am open to ideas (php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx). Hosting is sorted and I own BarcodeDB.com and .co.uk Platform: PHP 5, ADOdb, Smarty - MySQL to start with, though I have thought about an XML database as well. As the platform develops, I want to let companies upload their products for free, but charge others to download them - think how much time companies spend on data entry for this kind of thing!! For the consumer, a money diary etc will follow. Thanks, Alex No virus found in this outgoing message. Scanned by AVG Free 8.0 Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.173 / Virus Database: 270.8.0/1722 - Release Date: 14/10/2008 02:02 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
