At the same time, Dan Carlson had been approaching the same problem from the opposite angle. Dan had slowly been building a personal Star Trek database, called Starfleet Reference Databank, for nearly ten years. However, it was still far from complete because of continuing limitations – a database still far from completion. Dan was ultimately facing the fact that creating a truly useful Star Trek database required more time and effort than any one person could reasonably contribute. For more information on starting a version in a new language, see Start a new edition in another language.