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>>=20
>> 2. In my case, people who would enter the data into org files would
>> not have used emacs before. So, there is a learning curve. Is it =
worth
>> it? Or should one just build a web-based graphic application for such
>> people to use?
>>=20
>=20
> My knee-jerk reaction was: Use Django, not org - but that may be a
> failure of imagination on my part.
>=20


You are perhaps right. I will perhaps end up using Django.

But there would be many interesting things one could do in an =
emacs/org-based solution. My  biggest worry is that it would require =
continuous training of people coming in to enter data.

Vikas