discuss: Linux Dictionary Online Database Help
Subject:
Re: Linux Dictionary Online Database Help
From:
"Binh Nguyen" ####@####.####
Date:
22 Jul 2003 10:56:29 -0000
Message-Id: <Law15-DAV19tgiaSARi00013a5f@hotmail.com>
Martin WHEELER wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Binh Nguyen wrote:
>
>> Could someone please tell me whether there is an open source product
>> that will allow me to publish a Linux Dictionary and update it
>> online with as little fuss as possible.
>>
>> It is currently organised as
>>
>> Meaning(tab)Definition
>> Newline
>> Meaning(tab)Definition
>> Newline
>> etc....
>
> There are several ways of doing this, all using GPLed products.
>
> The awkward part is arranging exactly how to do the editing online
> (single editor? multiple editors? edit online? edit offline? give
> direct online access to the actual data, or only to a copy of the
> data? etc.)
>
> Take a look at my own solution to a very similar problem; see :
>
> http://www.libraryofavalon.co.uk/
>
> (do a keyword search);
>
> and
>
> http://www.glastonbury.gov.uk/g_gov/
>
> (choose 'Business Directory' from the LH table. Search for 'lucas or
> pegg or wheeler' to see why layout is as it is.)
>
> These use a mixture of PHP, MySQL and Perl scripts, and are relatively
> easy to implement.
>
> (Funnily enough, when I read your last mail on this subject, I thought
> of putting a searchable version of the dictionary online using these
> scripts; but in the end was too lazy to do anything about it :)
> I could still do it if you'ld like me to, though.
>
> HTH,
Hi Martin,
That would be sweet indeed :) How much time does it take to get something
like that up and running? My preference is that proposed definitions will go
to a 'holding centre' and that two people to take a look at proposed
definitions and then approve or reject.
Binh.
