Re: [edict-jmdict] JMdict in JSON?

[Darren Cook <darren@*********>]

> A suggestion was made on the AEdict mailing list that JMdict
> "move" to JSON format. I'm not planning to move it, but I guess
> it would be quite possible to generate a JSON distribution in parallel
> with the XML one(s). It could probably be done with an xslt script.

Isn't the master data kept in an SQL database? It might be easier to
export from there directly to JSON, than write an xslt script to convert
the XML to JSON.
What language do you use to export the data from SQL to XML at the moment?

(Given the choice, I'd definitely prefer dictionary data in JSON format,
over XML. Though, for some projects, even better would an sqlite file,
or an SQL dump.)

Darren

P.S. While having a quick look I discovered that Google thinks this page
is the best one to show for searching on "jmdict":
  http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/jmdict.html

I'm guessing you'd rather it was this?
  http://www.edrdg.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Can the from page have a link added to point to the latter, with an
explanation? Or do you no longer have edit access to it?