Re: [lojban] Re: Non-suck android dictionary software?

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

On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 03:27:29AM -0700, najrut wrote:
> >That's a deliberate design of jbovlaste, and has been like that
> >since the very beginning.  Since Lojban words cannot be polysemous,
> >it makes no sense for a Lojban word to have two distinct meanings,
> >so a 1-to-1 mapping is enforced for dictionary production purposes.
> 
> Does this imply that a Lojban word has two distinct meanings ?
> No! It means that one jbovalsi has one meaning, but two jbovalsi may have 
> the same meaning.
> So this doesn't break lojban canon.

Yes, I'm aware; I was explaining the historical motivation.  Note
that I didn't write it.

> Actually what I need is not existing xml export.
> All that I need is xml dump of jbovlaste.
> Some time ago I asked you about sql dump but such dump turned out to be 
> cumbersome for automated conversion.
> 
> So what I need is xml dump.
> Or at least modification of existing mechanism that in addition exports the 
> following fields:
> 
>    - glosswords
>    - examples
>    - etymology
>    - vote infromation
> 
> Sorry to mention but I'm not an expert in database management. Can't help.

And I don't have the time, and no-one else wants to touch it.
Sorry.

-Robin

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