>That is something I have also thought of as well, the ability to have
user-defined fields associated with parts.  I've thought of creating
an application to parse these fields after a ULP export.  The
application would make http requests to retrieve price/quantity
information from various suppliers, and drop the results into an excel
spreadsheet for analysis.

User defined fields is a most-requested feature for Eagle, and I am sure that the developers are aware it is wanted.  

It would be great if vendors could respond to price requests in some standardized way, however I don't imagine that is a reality today.  The best one could do is to keep one's own database, which would swiftly go out of date.  Or possibly form the app around one supplier.  If Digikey's website could respond in some intelligent way to a Digikey part number, then pricing info could be found, for one supplier at least.  Such halfway solutions would prove frustrating, I believe. 

Specs, however, don't change as fast as pricing.  A small database of specifications, such as low leakage  capacitors and so on, might be useful to add to a BOM.  

--Lawrence


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