The goal on the structuring of Ibiblio was to create an accessible digital library. To this end, Ibiblio has enlisted google as the search interface. We are presently building the metadata archive. The index is in its formative stages. Each system had its own strengths and weakness.
Most web indexes have a somewhat specialized focus.
Ibiblio's largest collections are the linux archives and the linux documentation project - both are key elements in the Open Source Community. In creating an ibiblio index we have come up with a hybrid index. Like Mendel's hybrid corn, this index draws vigor from its predecessors. However, the ibiblio index allows the structural freedom to acknowledge the significance of major collection elements. Ibiblio's classification schema is a work in progress.