Re: [edict-jmdict] Re: Database testing - call for testers

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

On 1 July 2010 18:17, James Rose <jim@kanjicafe.com> wrote:
> On Jun 30, 2010, at 6:14 PM, scott.edict wrote:
>
> I would remove this as it's not very important
>
> Diff: @@ -4,0 +4,3 @@
> +<k_ele>
[....]

> I agree except I think the "- <gloss>", "+ <misc>", and "+ <gloss>" line should stay.  Seeing those allows me to make sure I changed the entry correctly. The rest of that Diff: display is basically noise.

I guess I'm used to seeing "diff" output all the time, and I'm familiar with
JMdict's XML, so that seems fine to me. OTOH I agree that some of it,
such as the
line numbers is not really relevant.

An alternative could be to show the before/after entries in EDICT2 format
rather than JMdict. That way you'd get something like:

Before: 羅鱶 [ラブカ(nokanji);らぶか] /(n) (uk) frilled shark
(Chlamydoselachus anguineus)/
After: 羅鱶 [ラブカ(nokanji);らぶか;フリルド・シャーク(nokanji);フリルドシャーク(nokanji)] /(n)
(uk) frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus)/

More compact, a bit lossy. rather like what you get at
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/edictdiffs/edictdiffs2010-06-28.html

Definitely food for thought.

Jim

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Jim Breen
Adjunct Snr Research Fellow, Clayton School of IT, Monash University
Treasurer: Hawthorn Rowing Club, Japanese Studies Centre
Graduate student: Language Technology Group, University of Melbourne