karlc@lll-lcc.llnl.gov (Karl Churchill) (12/07/88)
I'd like to find some public domain / shareware databases of nutritional values. E.g., food, calories, carbohydrates, fats, cholesterol, .... I've been looking for such things (though not aggressively) for some time. The only dbs of *any kind* I can recall seeing in public domain / shareware are 1. A small database of movie titles, actors; 2. An impressive database of "on this day..." called TODAY; 3. Databases of astronomical values, usually tied to programs (usually written in BASIC). Aren't there any databases of e.g., 1. Magazine author, title, subject, issue for specific magazines such as *National Geographic*, *Smithsonian*, *Science*, *Scientific American*? 2. Aerobic values / calories for work 3. Nutritional values (as requested above) 4. (800) phone numbers 5. Type, hours, subject, operator, phone of BBS's I know these things exist commercially, usually on a subscription basis. Aren't there any in public domain? Is anyone interested in developing an interest group devoted to the exchange of such databases sans drivers? -- Karl. (These thoughts and questions are my own and, of course, do not in any way reflect the interests of intentions of my employer or sponsors)