[SPTUsers] CWIS vs. Scout Portal Toolkit

[Edward Almasy]

On Tue, Apr 13, at 05:15:17PM, Tamara Isenhour wrote:
> What's the difference between the Scout Portal Toolkit and CWIS? Are
> the database structures the same? I understand CWIS is geared towards
> NSDL, but does one have to use the prepackaged taxonomies?

   The database structures of SPT and CWIS are almost identical, and you
   do not need to use the prepackaged taxonomies or schema with either SPT
   or CWIS -- you can set up whatever taxonomies and schema you would like.

   Ed


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