From lojbab@lojban.org Mon Mar 10 17:53:45 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 10 Mar 2003 17:53:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from lakemtao04.cox.net ([68.1.17.241]) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18sYxX-0007Tw-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 17:53:39 -0800 Received: from lojban.lojban.org ([68.100.92.1]) by lakemtao04.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.05 201-253-122-122-105-20011231) with ESMTP id <20030311015309.CRYJ22825.lakemtao04.cox.net@lojban.lojban.org> for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 20:53:09 -0500 Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.0.20030310204850.040e3690@pop.east.cox.net> X-Sender: rlechevalier@pop.east.cox.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 20:51:16 -0500 To: lojban-list@lojban.org From: Robert LeChevalier Subject: [lojban] Re: Format of definitions in jbovlaste In-Reply-To: <20030310005844.GH22778@digitalkingdom.org> References: <200303091330.03559.phma@webjockey.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-archive-position: 4419 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: lojbab@lojban.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list At 04:58 PM 3/9/03 -0800, Robin Lee Powell wrote: >On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 07:03:35PM -0500, John Cowan wrote: > > Pierre Abbat scripsit: > > > la tsali has been putting some definitions like "g1=b1 is > > > Indonesia". Does jbovlaste interpret g1 as the first place and b1 as > > > the second or both as the first? > > > > Both as the first; that's what "g1=b1" means, that the first places > > have the same meaning and are consolidated. Whatever is "lo gugde" is > > also "lo bindo". > >Actually, jbovlaste doesn't interpret the definition text in any fashion >whatever. That's for humans to read. Even so, barring some kind of statement otherwise, people should try to abide by the conventions in CLL (which Nick invented and I think described in his paper, which was abridged for CLL). No doubt, *someone* will have to put them in a standard format in order for the words to be voted on and published. lojbab -- lojbab lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org