8-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                            Washington, D.C.  20549



                                    FORM 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT


                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                        Securities Exchange Act of 1934



               Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
                                 AUGUST 4, 2000



                          DATAWARE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


         DELAWARE                    0-21860             06-1232140
(State or other jurisdiction    (Commission File       (IRS Employer
     of incorporation)               Number)         Identification No.)


                ONE CANAL PARK, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS  02141
             (Address of principal executive offices and zip code)



              Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
                                 (617) 621-0820


ITEM 5.    OTHER EVENTS.
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  Dataware Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") is offering 162,305 shares of the
Company's Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (the "Shares"), in a
privately-negotiated transaction, at a price of $2.83417 per share. The shares
are covered by the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the
"Registration Statement") (File No. 333-37248) which the Securities and Exchange
Commission previously declared effective.  In order to furnish an exhibit for
incorporation by reference into the Registration Statement, the Company hereby
files as Exhibit 5.2 to the Registration Statement an opinion of Palmer & Dodge
LLP, counsel to the Company, regarding the validity of the Shares.

ITEM 7.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.
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  (c)  Exhibits:
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  Exhibit
    No.       Description
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   5.2        Opinion of Palmer & Dodge LLP.  Filed herewith.
  23.3        Consent of Palmer & Dodge LLP (included as part of their
              opinion filed herewith).


                                   SIGNATURES

   Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


Date:  August 4, 2000    DATAWARE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.



                               By:  /s/ Michael Gonnerman
                                  ---------------------------------------
                                   Michael Gonnerman
                                   Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
                                   and Treasurer


                                 EXHIBIT INDEX
  Exhibit
    No.    Description
 --------  -----------

 5.2       Opinion of Palmer & Dodge LLP.  Filed herewith.

23.3       Consent of Palmer & Dodge LLP (included as part of their opinion
           filed herewith).

EX-5.2

                                                                     Exhibit 5.2
                        [Palmer & Dodge LLP Letterhead]


                                 August 4, 2000


Dataware Technologies, Inc.
One Canal Park
Cambridge, MA  02141

  Reference is made to our opinion dated May 17, 2000 and included as Exhibit
5.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Commission File No. 333-37248)
(the "Registration Statement") filed on May 17, 2000 by Dataware Technologies,
Inc. (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act").  We are rendering this supplemental opinion in connection
with the prospectus supplement (the "Prospectus Supplement") and base prospectus
(the "Base Prospectus") filed on or about August 4, 2000 by the Company with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act.  The Prospectus
Supplement relates to the offering by the Company of up to 162,305 shares of the
Company's Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (the "Shares"), which Shares
are covered by the Registration Statement.  We understand that the Shares are to
be offered and sold in the manner described in the Prospectus Supplement.

  We have acted as your counsel in connection with the preparation of the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus Supplement and the Base Prospectus.  We
are familiar with the proceedings of the Board of Directors of the Company in
connection with the authorization, issuance and sale of the Shares.  We have
examined such other documents as we consider necessary to render this opinion.

  Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly
authorized and, when issued and delivered by the Company against payment
therefore as contemplated by the Prospectus Supplement, will be validly issued,
fully paid and non-assessable.

  We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as a part of the Registration
Statement and to the reference to our firm under the caption "Legal Matters" in
the Base Prospectus.

                              Very truly yours,

                              /s/ Palmer & Dodge LLP

                              Palmer & Dodge LLP