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In response to:"But look at the little things....AERC tracks pedigree of 
Arabs doing endurance, but no other breed.  "

Here's a little background on why only registered Arabs and half Arabs 
are linked in the AERC online records.

1.  The pedigree links can only be done if the registry has a modern 
database with a software support team and is available 24/7 from the 
Internet. AHA does have that and probably spends $700K a year minimum on 
that db and the support team.

2.  The "linked to" registry needs to have something in it for them to 
spend the effort on their end to create the software links and continued 
support of the link when there is a problem.  AHA feels like they 
enhance their DataSource registry offering (which they charge for) 
enough to justify the cost to them.  The cost on their side was probably 
 $7K-$10K for the development of the interface.

3.  Russ and I felt there was value to a large enough group of AERC 
members to contribute our volunteer efforts on the AERC side to develop 
and debug our side of the interface.  Our volunteer efforts were 
probably about $1.5K if there had been a charge.

If there's another registry that wants to contribute the effort on their 
end to develop the s/w and database and support it - and the group in 
AERC is large enough to justify our volunteer efforts again - Russ and I 
would do it for another registry.

Mike







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