Francis Tyers <fty...@prompsit.com> writes: > Hi! > > The problem with this is that there are so many different metadix > formats that it will be impossible to come up with one that covers them > all. For example if I remember correctly how the "alt" works is > different in es-pt and in oc-es. I think it was decided that it was > desirable to have them functioning differently, or at least would > require substantial changes in either language pair to get a unified > format -- changes that without some push (and let's face it, cash) are > not going to get made. > > On the other hand, implementing compound words gives us the chance to > strike while the iron is hot! We can make a (fairly innocuous change -- > any language pair that does not have compounding will be unaffected) > before getting a plethora of different options and thus avoiding the > metadix problem for another set of issues. > > Btw, thinking about metadix I have some probably unpopular ideas, > thatwould preclude any standardisation. I think that maybe we should not > have one format, but rather many _codified_ formats depending on the > language(group). For example how to include a verb would be different in > Tajik and Dutch, because different things are important. Unnecessary > examples: > > <e lm="aanzitten"><par n="z/itten__vblex" prefix="aan" > pp="aangezeten"/></e> > > Giving: > > <e lm="aanzitten"><i>aanz</i><par n="aanz/itten__vblex_sep"/></e> > <e lm="aanzitten"><p><l>z</l><r>aanz</r></p><par > n="z/itten#_aan__vblex_sep"/><p><l><b/>aan</l><r></r></p></e> > <e lm="aanzitten"><p><l>aangezeten</l><r>aanzitten</r></p><par > n="gesproken__vblex_sep"/></e> > > Or in Tajik: > > <e lm="харидан"><par n="кард/ан__vblex" stem1="харид" stem2="хар"/></e>
In the unification proposal from http://wiki.apertium.org/wiki/Unification_of_metadix_and_parametrized_dictionaries#A_unifying_proposal the calls would look like <e lm="aanzitten"><par n="z/itten__vblex" prms="prefix='aan' pp='aangezeten'"/></e> and <e lm="харидан"><par n="кард/ан__vblex" prms="stem1='харид' stem2='хар'"/></e> Are there good reasons not to go with that kind of syntax? -- Kevin Brubeck Unhammer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d _______________________________________________ Apertium-stuff mailing list Apertium-stuff@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/apertium-stuff
