[sword-devel] [jsword-devel] New data, new CrossWire project, HELP WANTED
Chris Burrell
chris at burrell.me.uk
Wed Apr 28 10:35:56 MST 2010
Just a question on this? We're talking about TEI being a format that Sword
supports. Is that also supported by JSword? I thought as far as I could see
it only supported OSIS, but then I'm not really familiar with the inner
working of JSword, or Sword for that matter...
Chris
On 28 April 2010 12:48, Daniel Owens <dhowens at pmbx.net> wrote:
> David,
>
> Sorry, TEI is an XML schema that SWORD uses for lexicons. I expect it will
> be fairly straightforward to convert from OSIS to TEI, but I will need some
> time first. I have two classes to teach and a paper to complete before then.
> :)
>
> I don't think we need extra permission. I can ask David to clarify the
> copyright status of his corrections, but typically OpenScriptures data is
> released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 license (check
> out the footer of (http://openscriptures.org/). But I think (based on my
> amateur understanding) that because Strongs is public domain, it can't be
> copyrighted unless you create new content (corrections wouldn't count). But
> either way, the data is available for use, and we can double-check with
> David in time.
>
> I am working with David on the morphhb, which is currently a SWORD module.
> The module identifyer is OSMHB or Open Scriptures Morphological Hebrew
> Bible. Currently the text is all public domain material, but once we start
> adding morphology the morphology will be Creative Commons Attribution-Share
> Alike. Again, either way it will be licensed in a way fitting for STEP.
>
> I guess that is a long way of saying, no, no extra permission is needed for
> either of these.
>
> Daniel
>
>
> On 4/28/2010 4:33 AM, David Instone-Brewer wrote:
>
>> Great, Daniel!
>> (To be honest I don't know your acronyms, but I guess you know what you're
>> doing).
>>
>> Do we need extra permission for this?
>> The work done by the guys at openscriptures <
>> http://github.com/openscriptures> is based on my work, and I certainly
>> give permission,
>> but they didn't reply to my email asking if they were offering it to PD.
>> They also have another very interesting project called "morphhb"
>> which appears to be the Leningrad OT tagged with Strongs, in Unicode with
>> many corrections.
>> - ie all the PD stuff, but with extra corrections and all in tidy XML.
>>
>> I think David Troidl <DavidTroidl at aol.com> is the contact but, as I said,
>> he declined to reply to me.
>> Perhaps I didn't phrase the question properly. Sounds like a job for
>> David Haslam's expertise.
>>
>> David IB
>>
>>
>> On 23 April 2010 20:33, Daniel Owens <dhowens at pmbx.net> wrote:
>>
>> I may be able to work at it in a few weeks. It will need to be transformed
>> into TEI for SWORD. I am not so strong on XSLT, so if anyone with better
>> skills there would take this on it would go more quickly.
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>> On 4/23/2010 2:03 PM, David Instone-Brewer wrote:
>>>
>>> Sword have a good Hebrew lexicon based on Strongs (corrected
>>> by me), but I don't know where such things are stored.
>>> The guys at openscriptures <
>>> http://github.com/openscriptures> have added several more
>>> corrections to my corrections, and produced a tidy XML package,
>>>
>>> downloadable at
>>> http://github.com/openscriptures/strongs/downloads
>>> Could this be converted into a replacement Sword module by
>>> someone?
>>>
>>> David IB
>>>
>>> At 19:45 23/04/2010, Chris Burrell wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Daniel
>>>
>>> I think to start with we really need a Strong-tagged
>>> hebrew sword module and if possible with the morphology
>>> in it. That would help with the classic interlinears and
>>> in particular in their accuracy. Perhaps that already
>>> exists, but I haven't been able to find it.
>>>
>>> And then as you say, a good Hebrew lexicon would be a
>>> great addition. Hopefully David IB will be able to
>>> comment on the best way forward here. We'll need both at
>>> some point, so either would be good!
>>> Chris
>>>
>>>
>>> On 22 April 2010 00:07, Chris Burrell
>>> <chris at burrell.me.uk <mailto:chris at burrell.me.uk> <
>>> mailto:chris at burrell.me.uk>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Daniel
>>>
>>> I'm copying David IB from Tyndale House who is part of
>>> Tyndale
>>> House and leading the data side of the project.
>>>
>>> A couple of emails have circulated on this previously
>>> on our
>>> blogs, which I've tried to capture (in part) on
>>> http://crosswire.org/bugs/browse/TYNSTEP-44
>>> http://crosswire.org/bugs/browse/TYNSTEP-45
>>>
>>> I'm sure David IB will have more to input on this...
>>> I've copied
>>> his original email below
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> ==========================================
>>> THis is the best lookup lexicon to use for Hebrew
>>> interlinear -
>>> it is tagged to Strongs, includes the pointed Hebrew
>>> and has an
>>> abbreviated BDB entry. And the version downloadable from
>>> http://github.com/openscriptures has even more
>>> corrections than
>>> mine. For all I know, it might finally be letter
>>> perfect! THis
>>> version is also packaged in nice XML which can easily be
>>> converted to any other DB format.
>>>
>>> The equivalent lexicon at Crosswire for Greek is, I
>>> think, in a
>>> much better state, and didn't need all the work the
>>> Hebrew did.
>>>
>>> The version of the tagged OT text at
>>> http://github.com/openscriptures is also in very good
>>> condition
>>> (prob better than the one at Crosswire). It appears to
>>> only
>>> contain PD data - ie it doesn't include the more complete
>>> morphology data which is copyrighted.
>>>
>>> David IB
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 21 April 2010 23:22, Daniel Owens <dhowens at pmbx.net
>>> <mailto:dhowens at pmbx.net>
>>> < mailto:dhowens at pmbx.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Chris,
>>>
>>> I am not qualified to contribute code (though I
>>> lurk on
>>> sword-devel because of my module-creating
>>> disposition), but I
>>> am involved in producing content for the very
>>> purpose you
>>> mention. By the way, if you are at Tyndale House
>>> now, you may
>>> know Daniel Block. He is my PhD mentor at Wheaton
>>> College.
>>>
>>> There are two content areas with which I am
>>> involved and
>>> would be happy to collaborate on. One is Greek and
>>> Hebrew
>>> lexica. Currently at www.textonline.org
>>> <http://www.textonline.org>
>>> < http://www.textonline.org <http://www.textonline.org/>>
>>>
>>> we are involved in
>>>
>>> collaboratively producing a modern replacement for
>>> Strongs.
>>> We're starting with a Strongs base but hope to
>>> provide a
>>> basic and up-to-date modern equivalent to Holladay
>>> for Hebrew
>>> or Newman for Greek, except that they will be
>>> released under
>>> a creative commons license. The challenge is
>>> finding people
>>> to contribute quality entries with little or no
>>> possibility
>>> of accolades in the guild of biblical studies (and
>>> certainly
>>> no money!). The other project is a collaboratively
>>> produced
>>> morphologically tagged Hebrew text (see
>>> www.OpenScriptures.org <http://www.OpenScriptures.org> <
>>> http://www.OpenScriptures.org
>>> <http://www.openscriptures.org/>>). For
>>>
>>>
>>> that we are looking at Django and Pinax as the
>>> applications
>>> for collaborating on putting together the data.
>>> For me, the
>>> purpose of this is to fill a void of content for
>>> SWORD in
>>> order to serve the global church.
>>>
>>> I notice that full-text lexicons are part of the
>>> second phase
>>> of your plan. Is there any way we can begin to
>>> collaborate on
>>> that? I am open to your suggestions.
>>>
>>> Daniel
>>>
>>> On 4/21/2010 2:07 PM, Chris Burrell wrote:
>>>
>>> *What is Tyndale STEP?*
>>>
>>> Tyndale STEP is an offline and online Java web
>>> application which aims to make ancient texts
>>> and maps as
>>> well as timeline data, genealogies, ...
>>> accessible to
>>> everyone, scholar and non-scholar alike, so
>>> that the
>>> Bible is illuminated by its full ancient
>>> context. [see
>>> roadmap below]. Tyndale House will also
>>> distribute the
>>> online version to pastors in the third world,
>>> who often
>>> can’t afford commercial Bible software.
>>>
>>> A wiki page has been set up here:
>>> http://crosswire.org/wiki/Frontends:TyndaleStep which has
>>> a lot more information!
>>>
>>> *Who are we looking for?*
>>> We need lots of help!
>>> • *Java developers*: this code base is mainly
>>> in Java so
>>> we can do with all the help we can get!
>>> • *User Interface designers*: there is
>>> currently a sketch
>>> of the user interface, created more to prove a
>>> point. We
>>> need proper guidance to make the software as user
>>> friendly and rich as possible
>>> • *Data harvesters*: Tyndale House could do
>>> with a few
>>> extra pairs of hands to helpcollate the data
>>> and make it
>>> available to the wider CrossWire community
>>>
>>> *How do I start?*
>>> • Get in touch!
>>> • Read through the wiki page:
>>> http://crosswire.org/wiki/Frontends:TyndaleStep
>>> • Build the code from:
>>>
>>> http://crosswire.org/wiki/Frontends:TyndaleStep_Build_Environment
>>> • Check out our feature/bug repository:
>>> http://crosswire.org/bugs/browse/TYNSTEP
>>> • Have a look at the proof of concept sketches at
>>> http://crosswire.org:8080/~chrisburrell/
>>> <http://crosswire.org:8080/%7Echrisburrell/>
>>> < http://crosswire.org:8080/%7Echrisburrell/> <
>>> http://crosswire.org:8080/%7Echrisburrell/> (including
>>> timelines and interlinears on strong-tagged
>>> Bibles)
>>>
>>> • Peruse the blogs mentioned on the wiki to
>>> get a feel
>>> for the data and programming
>>>
>>> As you can see, there’s plenty to do!
>>>
>>> *What does the roadmap look like?*
>>>
>>> */1st phase: build a multi-platform structure for
>>> standard Bible-study tools:/*
>>> • Bible texts, including original languages,
>>> translations
>>> and interlinears
>>> • Language aids, including lookup-dictionaries
>>> concordance searches
>>> • History tools, including an expandable
>>> timeline with
>>> scripture links
>>> • Dictionary articles, culled from various
>>> sources and edited
>>> */
>>> /*
>>> */2nd phase: add detailed geographic, historic &
>>> linguistic data/*
>>> • Gazetteer of all named places, with short
>>> articles and
>>> links to pictures
>>> • Co-ordinates of identifiable places to
>>> GoogleEarth
>>> • Map overlays of high-ref 1:20,000 maps of
>>> pre-urbanised
>>> Palestine
>>> • Flexible timelines which can be altered at
>>> key points
>>> of uncertainty
>>> • Full-text lexicons linked to the lookup
>>> dictionaries in
>>> tagged texts
>>>
>>> */3rd phase: add translation aids and links to
>>> modern
>>> publications/*
>>> • different possible translations for words
>>> and passages
>>> • differences in manuscripts, with evidence
>>> for each variant
>>> • expositions in modern and older
>>> commentaries, articles
>>> and books
>>>
>>> */4th phase: adds link to extra-biblical
>>> literature with
>>> searching:/*
>>> • search other ancient literature for similar
>>> passages in
>>> a similar context
>>> • look up Greek and Hebrew words in other
>>> ancient literature
>>> • view ancient texts with translations where
>>> possible
>>>
>>> These tools will put centuries of research
>>> into the hands
>>> of non-scholars. When the information is laid
>>> open like
>>> this, it is easy to see that the Bible is well
>>> preserved
>>> and translated, reflecting historical events
>>> in real
>>> places, and dealing with issues current in the
>>> ancient
>>> and modern work alike.
>>>
>>> If you have any more questions or want to get
>>> involved,
>>> please do let me know!
>>> Chris
>>>
>>>
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