[Lexicog] how to compile data on proto-language reconstruction
Allan Johnson
allan_johnson at SIL.ORG
Thu Mar 22 08:31:44 UTC 2007
Hi all,
I'm trying to help a colleague get a collection of Proto language data into
a format that could be posted on a website. We have it in a Toolbox format
and I'd like to export it to HTML from Lexique Pro. The format is a lot like
a dictionary but enough different that I'm running into trouble. A typical
entry goes something like this:
Proto-form
English gloss
Attested form
English gloss
Language name (abbreviation for a language/dialect area which
attests this form and meaning)
Language name
Language name
English gloss
Language name
Language name
Language name
Attested form
English gloss
Language name
Language name
Language name
The only way I've found to make this work with Toolbox / Lexique Pro is to
put the English gloss in the \ps field and the language abbreviations in the
\ge field. But this feels like a major abuse of the system. Do any of you
know of a format that's really meant for this kind of data?
Allan J.
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