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Re: Regarding QaMoose



Am Son, den 15.02.2004 schrieb Youcef Rabah Rahal um 9:41:
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I am not a core member so it's my view (which doesn't officially count)
which I wanted to express here,
> Salam,
> 
> On Sunday 15 February 2004 00:09, Nadim Shaikli wrote:
> > As noted, I don't think a prototype is that big of a deal given an agreed
> > upon structure is presented.  In order for agreement to happen (from my end
> > at least), I would want a thorough understanding of what other open source
> > sites do with regard to this topic and how they structure their data.  I
> > would also want (and would call for even) the adoption of an open source
> > method instead of us reinventing our own along with the scripts to mold it
> > to something that others can accept.  Keep in mind that we are aiming this
> > Wordlist to be used by All sources out there.
> 
> 100% OK with Nadim on that.

Also agree

> > In short, go ahead and research this topic and present your findings.  See
> > what the various open source English->German or Dutch->French, or whatever
> > other dictionaries are doing and put forth a recommendation.  Do also look
> > into the 'dictd' project to see how it would accept all these categories,
> > settings, etc.
> 
> Not sure it is worth the effort. What we are in need now are translators. When 
> the translation work is done, we can think of better ways to restructure the 
> data (and like said Nadim, it is not that complicated if it becomes 
> necessary).

Also totally agree with Youcef here.

> But for now, the translation effort is going slowly on all fronts. Of course, 
> thanks to a few people, it is not stopped totally.
> 
> Salam, 
salamat
> 
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> Youcef R. Rahal
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