[jbovlaste] Adding gloss words to gismu

[Kevin Reid <kpreid@attglobal.net>]

Semi-summary of a discussion on #lojban today:

It is generally agreed that the 'officialdata' gismu and cmavo  
definitions in jbovlaste are lacking in gloss words; even ones  
obviously derivable from the definition.

officialdata's definitions are only to be changed by action of the  
BPFK; however, ordinary jbovlaste users are allowed to create  
definitions for official jbovla.

Therefore, an ordinary user can create a definition of an official  
jbovla which differs only in having additional gloss words. The  
consequences are:

Since officialdata overrides all normal votes, looking up the jbovla  
or any of the natlang gloss words which the official definition  
includes will give the official definition.

Since both the jbovlaste browsing interface and the DICT interface do  
not link from natlang words to specific definitions, looking up the  
added gloss words will give the jbovla in general, without specifying  
either the official or unofficial definition.

I am not familiar with the dictionary generation facility in  
jbovlaste, so I will not comment on the consequences for that.

For example: I have added such definitions to three words: {coi},  
{co'o}, and {ralju}.


Additionally, should the BPFK choose to make additional official  
gloss words, it should be possible to query jbovlaste's database for  
official words which have definitions by both officialdata and other  
users.

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Kevin Reid                            <http://homepage.mac.com/kpreid/>