* Bill White <bi...@wolfram.com> wrote:
>
> Here's a sample of my second iteration. A poor man's database - still
> pure orgmode and still plain text, but easily parsable:
>
> - main word|subordinate word, subdivided into grammatical relations A, B, C,
> &c.
> - identification
> - main form :: Abbacy
> - obsolete † :: no
> - non-naturalized ‖ :: no
> - pronunciation :: æ•băsi
> - part of speech :: substantive
> - specification :: none
> - status :: default
> - spellings :: 5-6 abbasy, 6-7 abbacie
> - inflections :: none
> - [morphology]
> - derivation (etymology) :: A modification of the earlier
> ABBATIE, assimilated to forms like prelacy, mediaeval Latin
> -acia, -atia.
> - subsequent form-history ::
> - miscellaneous facts ::
> - TODO: significations & illustrative quotations
I am certainly not thinking of all of your use-cases. However, here
is a possible alternative «solution» with headings. Just being
curious: What disadvantages do you see here compared to lists?
*** main word|subordinate word, subdivided into grammatical relations A, B, C,
&c.
:PROPERTIES: ## or: :identification:-drawer
:mainform: Abbacy
:obsolete: no
:nonnaturalized: no
:pronunciation: æ•basi
:partofspeech: substantive
:specification: none
:status: default
:spellings: 5-6 abbasy, 6-7 abbacie
:...OR...:
:spelling: 5-6 abbasy
:spelling: 6-7 abbacie
:inflections: none
:END:
#+COMMENT: Previous list as properties does have multiple advantages
#+COMMENT: such as column view (+ corresponding edit functionality)
#+COMMENT: Following lines seem to contain potential multi-line
#+COMMENT: text which does not qualify to be handled well in properties:
- [morphology]
- derivation (etymology) :: A modification of the earlier
ABBATIE, assimilated to forms like prelacy, mediaeval Latin
-acia, -atia.
- subsequent form-history ::
- miscellaneous facts ::
**** TODO: significations & illustrative quotations
#+COMMENT: I personally prefer todos that can possible get SCHEDULED
#+COMMENT: and/or DEADLINE dates to be headings.
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