12 Feb
2010
12 Feb
'10
7:45 p.m.
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 2:22 PM, David Starner <prosfilaes@gmail.com> wrote:
Dictionary. We've had scans of the OED for years; no one has been willing to attack it. We can probably come up with a dozen usable
Not exactly true. I have a clearance on it, and have a fascicle prepped and at DP. The holdup is that I have yet to come up with a good markup for proofing that can be machine transformed into various dictionary formats. Straight TEI is too big, and likely to lead to inconsistencies. I refuse to start something this big without a decent plan for the final output. Granted, once started, it will probably take decades to work through DP... -R C (Who is somewhat easily distracted, and has been working on other projects.)