Re: [edict-jmdict] xrefs in WWWJDIC

["Jim Breen" <jimbreen@*********>]

On 23/05/07, Stuart McGraw <smcg4191@frii.com> wrote:
>  One thought that occured to me was to create a page with (essentially)
>  just one big text box into which and editor can enter or edit an edict
>  (or edict-like) repressentation of an entry.  When the form is submitted,
>  the entry will be parsed, and diffed with the current entry to generated
>  the commands needed to make the requested changes to the database
>  entry.
>
>  This is basically how most wikis work.  Even though the user has to
>  make an entry using a markup language, because the language is
>  simple, there is lots of help, and there is feedback before commiting,
>  it seems to work.

I have thought about such an approach a few times, and drifted away from it
because of the complexity of the markup. Maybe we need to kick the idea
aound.

At its most basic, an entry really has 3 regions: kanji headword(s), reading(s),
and meaning(s). We could envisage a textbox for each. A simple entry
could end up something like:

Box 1:
絵探し
絵捜し

Box 2:
えさがし

Box 3:
[pos="n"]hidden picture puzzle

Another:

屈折

くっせつ

[pos="n,vs"]
[sense]bending
indentation
[sense]refraction
[sense]inflection

This is a bit like Wikimedia's style. It may well be better than having a myriad
of boxes.

I think I'm starting to like the approach.

Jim
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Jim Breen
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Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia
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