Re: A conlang database program

Boudewijn Rempt <bsarempt@...> wrote:
> Dear people,
>
> I've been working on and off on ideas for a bit of software to help in
> analyzing and describing a language,along with my ideas for an ideal
> grammar (http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt/conlang/dream.html), and I've
> prepared a design draft (which is also intended for consumption by the
> non-conlang linguistic community). I'd like you all to comment upon it:
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                                     Kura
>
>        an open-source multi-language multi-user linguistics database
>                                 application
>
The technical details mostly elude me, but the idea seems fascinating,
and I hope we can see an alpha release soon (hmm... relatively soon?).
I felt truly moved when I read your essay on the Ideal Grammar -- no
kidding. So good luck! Unfortunately I cannot offer you any help
(except testing, maybe... do I have to get Unix on my old PC?).

Why the name 'Kura'? And what is XML?

>
> I'm presently designing the actual datamodel, that is the structures used
> to store the linguistic data, and making a prototype interface, and all
> comments, additions and so on will be helpful.
Keep me informed, will you please?


--Pablo Flores