Re: General Purpose Dictionary Generator

--- Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> wrote:

>>
> Another nice feature would be something that I implemented recently
> for my online dictionary: references.
<snip>
>
> Also, my dictionary implements regular inflections of Þrjótrunn, i.e.,
> for a new noun or verb, I give it the class and gender and the
> dictionary script fills in proposals for the inflected forms which can
> then be edited.  This feature would also require quite some work to
> make it generic, e.g. via plug-in modules that know the basic
> inflection paradigms.
>
> It also allows me to refer to another lexicon entry as an inflection
> paradigm.  The inflection forms will then be derived from the stem and
> the referenced entry's inflection forms.
>
> Examples:
>   http://www.kunstsprachen.de/lex.cgi?c-76=1;domain=s17;action=infl
>   http://www.kunstsprachen.de/lex.cgi?domain=s17;c-347=1;action=infl
>
> **Henrik
>
For any such specialized features that could not simply be implemented as a
custom data field in the database, one could always make modifications to the
Java source code, which will be public domain.

--gary

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