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>   This is an excellent approach if done properly.  One might follow a
> keyword-based "data sources" approach.  For example, a component library
> search path might look something like this:
> 
>   /usr/local/geda/symbols;mysql:<authinfo>:<dbname>:<tablename>;/foo/bar

Let's not reinvent *this* wheel too.  If we do anything other than
"local directories", we should use URLs, which take care of all the
path handling, authentication (for http/https, possibly others) and
parameterization, and allow us to use plug-ins to add more handlers
(like msql://), plus give us a protocol for transmitting data back and
forth (when remote).

file:///usr/local/geda/symbols
mysql://localhost/<dbname>?t=<table>&etc
http://gedasymbols.org/symdb.cgi/74series/
m4:/~dj/pcb/footgen.m4
scheme:(gnetlist-spice-export)

etc