Sorry for digressing on the subject of Dictionaries on OLPC and taking the issue beyond Peru. I had earlier given a free licence to use, and submitted my Indian Lexicon (for 25 languages) for inclusion in OLPC. A general consensus may have to be arrived at on the availability of basic lexical/language resources at various levels, from primary to secondary school levels. Every prospective OLPC user is a child and will not be restricted to children alone, particularly in, for example, the rural areas of India with one billion population with a large percentage of illiteracy. Best regards, Dr. S. kalyanaraman<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 5:02 AM, Samuel Klein <<a href="mailto:sj@laptop.org">sj@laptop.org</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">2008/3/11 <a href="mailto:info@olpc-peru.info">info@olpc-peru.info</a> <<a href="mailto:info@olpc-peru.info">info@olpc-peru.info</a>>:<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>> I agree: some "dynamic" database will be better than a "static" database.<br>> It is not hard to build: just add a form and some "append/sort" routine to<br>
> the main database. Easy to say! (smile)... the "upgrade/add words" option<br>> can not be done in plain javascript (it goes against the idea that<br>> javascript comes from the server and runs on the client machine in a typical<br>
> Internet connection... many security issues raise up!). So... the<br>> "add/upgrade" option or form needs to feed some "php" or java or phyton<br>> or... any other language that can be installed on the XO (I don't know which<br>
> ones are installed in this moment... which languages come installed with the<br>> XO? Phyton and... what else? )<br><br></div>Effectively, just Python.<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>> Sharing new words: how the modifications of one user can be "shared" with<br>> the rest of the "group" or the rest of the "neighborhood" ? Possible<br>> answers:<br>
> * The school server will collect, organize and share the "additional words<br>> & meanings".<br><br></div>To keep a record of all dictionary changes made by each individual,<br>you will need to do something on a machine or site with a fair bit of<br>
memory that intends to be up for a long time.<br><br>XOs will probably want a way to merge a new dictionary with their<br>existing one, from the mesh, a server, or another place; it has no<br>reason to store lots of changes in memory.<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>> So we will have "english word =<br>> spanish word" or "english word = english meaning" ... and many other<br>> combinations: common phrases... localisms... concepts... etc.<br>
<br></div>Also picture dictionaries, working in both directions (word to image,<br>or image to words in various languages).<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>> Othe names different than "words" ?<br><br></div>Do you mean phrases?<br><br>Cheers,<br>SJ<br>
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