On 9/23/07, Steve Dibb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > m h wrote: > > Your changelog refers to an XML dump. Is that available? (I'm > > personally more interested in an xml dump with wrappers to transform > > to sql and create tables, than table dumps). > > Well, the old version downloads are still available: > http://scriptures.nephi.org/download.php > > I haven't exported the DB to all the formats yet, though. In fact, for > XML, TeX and CSV I can't even remember right now how I did them, so > it'll take me a few days to get them wrapped up properly as well. The > SQL ones are pretty simple, though. >
Thanks for the link. Do you know if there are any exports that contain lds cross-references? Where did you get the digital copy to begin with? Scraping? <opinion rant> Thanks for your efforts on providing digital form of scriptures. Sorry, perhaps I should expound on my point about XML. XML is excellent for marking up text. Scriptures (excluding pgp diagrams) are text. Having them in XML is more useful for hacker types than a db. (Though I might be interested in your schema, and methods (read scripts) to load the xml into the db.) Hackertypes should be able to go from XML to whatever (SQL, csv?!?!, json, restructuredText, odf....) pretty easily.... The reverse is not necessarily true. This is even more true if the data is meant for archiving. A readable open format is much preferred to closed binary formats (even if they are the standard of the day). If you're concerned about space, throw it in a tarball. Not trying to bash on your work at all, I just see XML as the central hub in the wheel, while you view SQL as it... </end rant> _______________________________________________ Ldsoss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss
