Re: [lojban] Re: [bpfk] Technical, Help Request: What information *should* a Lojban dictionary system have?

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 06:10:31PM -0400, Stela Selckiku wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 5:50 PM, Robin Lee Powell
> <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> >
> > Much more interesting to me is the back-end data: What sorts of
> > things *should* a Lojbanic dictionary store, ideally?
> 
> I don't know if it's exactly the sort of thing you're talking
> about, but what I would find most useful is a space for long,
> free-form rambling and discussion about the meanings of words (and
> of specific places).

We've found that allowing that tends to result in the same stuff
being hashed over and over.  If it was thoroughly tied to one
location, though, it might not be so bad.

Ask jcowan about his Elephant idea, too.

-Robin

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