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Thank you.


On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 8:26 AM, .arpis. <rpglover64+jbobau@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I second {la van}. Lojban's semantics are not fully specified, and even
> parsing it correctly is tricky in some cases. Also, expecting your users to
> learn lojban is unrealistic.
>
> You might want to look into Attempto Controlled English [1], but I'd focus
> on getting the query language right and general and helping users construct
> queries rather than parsing human language.
>
> Also, I tried to use the advanced search on your website and got an error.
> Steps taken
> 1. Click on "advanced search"
> 2. Select "Final Destination", "Mr. Game & Watch", and "Sheik (If you
> should only be able to select one of each category, you should be using
> radio buttons, not check boxes)
> 3. Click on "continue"
> 4. Get uninformative webpage that says "Error" and "Sorry, an error
> occurred."
>
> [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempto_Controlled_English
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 5:36 AM, v4hn <me@v4hn.de> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 12:13:54AM -0700, GameplaySearch wrote:
>> > This query language parses a subset of English,
>> > but can easily be extended to parse full-blown Lojban
>>
>> I believe that the very moment I see it.
>> pe'i You're overly confident.
>>
>> It's _not_ easy to support the semantics of "full-blown Lojban".
>> Otherwise lots of projects would do that already..
>> There are some attempts out there, but well... To the best of my
>> knowledge, they all fall short of various aspects.
>>
>>
>> mi'e la .van. mu'o
>>
>
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Thank you.<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><di=
v class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 8:26 AM, .arpis. <span dir=
=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:rpglover64+jbobau@gmail.com" target=3D"_blan=
k">rpglover64+jbobau@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><d=
iv>I second {la van}. Lojban&#39;s semantics are not fully specified, and e=
ven parsing it correctly is tricky in some cases. Also, expecting your user=
s to learn lojban is unrealistic.<br>


<br></div>You might want to look into Attempto Controlled English [1], but =
I&#39;d focus on getting the query language right and general and helping u=
sers construct queries rather than parsing human language.<br><br></div>


Also, I tried to use the advanced search on your website and got an error. =
Steps taken<br></div>1. Click on &quot;advanced search&quot;<br></div>2. Se=
lect &quot;Final Destination&quot;, &quot;Mr. Game &amp; Watch&quot;, and &=
quot;Sheik (If you should only be able to select one of each category, you =
should be using radio buttons, not check boxes)<br>


</div>3. Click on &quot;continue&quot;<br></div>4. Get uninformative webpag=
e that says=C2=A0&quot;Error&quot; and &quot;Sorry, an error occurred.&quot=
;<div><div><div><div><div><div><br>[1]: <a href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/=
wiki/Attempto_Controlled_English" target=3D"_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org=
/wiki/Attempto_Controlled_English</a><br>


</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div><=
div class=3D"h5"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at=
 5:36 AM, v4hn <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:me@v4hn.de" target=
=3D"_blank">me@v4hn.de</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>


<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 12:13:54AM -070=
0, GameplaySearch wrote:<br>
&gt; This query language parses a subset of English,<br>
&gt; but can easily be extended to parse full-blown Lojban<br>
<br>
</div>I believe that the very moment I see it.<br>
pe&#39;i You&#39;re overly confident.<br>
<br>
It&#39;s _not_ easy to support the semantics of &quot;full-blown Lojban&quo=
t;.<br>
Otherwise lots of projects would do that already..<br>
There are some attempts out there, but well... To the best of my<br>
knowledge, they all fall short of various aspects.<br>
<br>
<br>
mi&#39;e la .van. mu&#39;o<br>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br></div></div><span class=3D"HOE=
nZb"><font color=3D"#888888">-- <br>mu&#39;o mi&#39;e .arpis.<br>
</font></span></div><div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5">

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