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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
This project consisted originally in the conversion into [ | This project consisted originally in the conversion into [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki mediawiki] format of Liddell, Scott, Jones' ''[[LSJ:GreekEnglishLexicon|A Greek–English Lexicon]]'', which is more commonly known as '''LSJ'''. The data have been provided by the [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu Perseus Project] with a Creative Commons Sharealike / Non-Commercial / Attribution license. And it was launched on February 2013. | ||
Since then a number of other sources (Ancient Greek/Latin to and from other languages) have been added. For example: | Since then a number of other sources (Ancient Greek/Latin to and from other languages) have been added. For example: | ||
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===Wikifying the LSJ=== | ===Wikifying the LSJ=== | ||
'''2013.''' A paper (in Greek with an English abstract) has been written regarding the development of this site (in its earlier iteration on lsj.translatum.gr; there have been considerable changes and additions since then) and presented at the 9th Conference "Hellenic Language and Terminology" (Athens, 7-9 November 2013) entitled [http://www.eleto.gr/download/Conferences/9th%20Conference/Papers-and-speakers/9th_23-05-01_DoikasSpyros_Paper_V05.pdf Wikifying the LSJ] (presentation in Greek-English bilingual [http://www.eleto.gr/download/Conferences/9th%20Conference/Presentations/9th_23-DoikasSpyros_Presentation.pdf pdf] and [ | '''2013.''' A paper (in Greek with an English abstract) has been written regarding the development of this site (in its earlier iteration on lsj.translatum.gr; there have been considerable changes and additions since then) and presented at the 9th Conference "Hellenic Language and Terminology" (Athens, 7-9 November 2013) entitled [http://www.eleto.gr/download/Conferences/9th%20Conference/Papers-and-speakers/9th_23-05-01_DoikasSpyros_Paper_V05.pdf Wikifying the LSJ] (presentation in Greek-English bilingual [http://www.eleto.gr/download/Conferences/9th%20Conference/Presentations/9th_23-DoikasSpyros_Presentation.pdf pdf] and [https://www.translatum.gr/downloads/wikifying-the-lsj.pptx Powerpoint] format). The '''Abstract''': | ||
<blockquote class="blockquote1">This paper relates the <b>implementation</b> of the <b>Ancient Greek to English dictionary</b> <b>Liddell, Scott, Jones (LSJ) </b>in<b> MediaWiki</b> format (https://lsj.gr). The original <b>xml</b> file was processed and converted (using regular expressions) to a file which was appropriate for use in MediaWiki. The main features of this implementation were: <b>a)</b> <b>transcription of headwords</b> <b>in various forms and transliterations </b>(polytonic with vrachy/macron, polytonic without vrachy/macron, monotonic, all caps, Latin characters with accents, Latin characters without accents, greeklish, Beta Code); <b>b)</b> <b>case-insensitive and diacritics-insensitive</b> <b>autocomplete search suggestions</b> for Greek and Latin characters; <b>c)</b> <b>css styles</b> to modify the look and feel; <b>d)</b> <b>collection of ancient Greek quotes</b> and development of a MediaWiki <b>random quote extension</b>; <b>e)</b> <b>fine-tuning MediaWiki</b> in a way that is appropriate for a lexicographic work of this nature; <b>f)</b> creation of an<b> import template</b> that supports <b>Semantic Mediawiki functionality</b>; and <b>g) creation of indexes</b> for each form and transliteration.</blockquote> | <blockquote class="blockquote1">This paper relates the <b>implementation</b> of the <b>Ancient Greek to English dictionary</b> <b>Liddell, Scott, Jones (LSJ) </b>in<b> MediaWiki</b> format (https://lsj.gr). The original <b>xml</b> file was processed and converted (using regular expressions) to a file which was appropriate for use in MediaWiki. The main features of this implementation were: <b>a)</b> <b>transcription of headwords</b> <b>in various forms and transliterations </b>(polytonic with vrachy/macron, polytonic without vrachy/macron, monotonic, all caps, Latin characters with accents, Latin characters without accents, greeklish, Beta Code); <b>b)</b> <b>case-insensitive and diacritics-insensitive</b> <b>autocomplete search suggestions</b> for Greek and Latin characters; <b>c)</b> <b>css styles</b> to modify the look and feel; <b>d)</b> <b>collection of ancient Greek quotes</b> and development of a MediaWiki <b>random quote extension</b>; <b>e)</b> <b>fine-tuning MediaWiki</b> in a way that is appropriate for a lexicographic work of this nature; <b>f)</b> creation of an<b> import template</b> that supports <b>Semantic Mediawiki functionality</b>; and <b>g) creation of indexes</b> for each form and transliteration.</blockquote> | ||
