<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">As part of the development of JSword we've been trying to figure out a good way to do searching as noted below. A big problem is Hebrew. We have references but nothing backing those codes. There are two parts to a good solution:<div>a) A searchable code that also is readily understandable by people.</div><div>b) A mapping of those codes to those in our modules.</div><div><br></div><div>In Jira we have a recommendation for a) provided by David Instone-Brewer. I've blind copied a few of you that are on this list hopefully to make it more visible to you in seeking your input.</div><div><br></div><div>In the following Jira issue, take a look at the most recent Encoding.doc attachment.</div><div><a href="http://www.crosswire.org/tracker/browse/JS-226">http://www.crosswire.org/tracker/browse/JS-226</a></div><div><br></div><div>Once we settle on a code set and have a mapping from the existing codes, I'll make a module for the codes and update the KJV to use them.</div><div><br></div><div>In His Service,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>DM</div><div><br><div><div>On Feb 21, 2013, at 8:00 PM, Daniel Owens <<a href="mailto:dcowens76@gmail.com">dcowens76@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I am so glad you asked about this, DM.
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As an OT scholar I want to be able to search for any possible
combination of lemma and morphology. The possible combinations
depend on the structure of the morphology codes. Chris has
helpfully listed those for Robinson, but the WHM module will have
its own, as will the OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible, when it gets
morphology. :) <br>
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As a practical matter, the first step it seems to me is to have
the ability to use wildcards to construct searches without using
an interface, just typing the codes. Let's say * is the wildcard.
Theoretically I want to be able to search for *@*, but in actual
practice obviously elements should be able to be filled in. So if
γενεαὶ (from γενεα) is N-NPF (Noun-Nominative Plural Feminine), I
may want to search for: <br>
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*@N-NPF<br>
γενεα@Ν-*PF<br>
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And many other iterations. Maybe I can do that already. But I also
want to be able to search for two terms within a certain proximity
(two, three words away, for example) or for terms in a particular
order (A comes before B, within a certain number of words). <br>
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Because different morphologies structure the data differently (why
Robinson has case and number before gender is beyond me—I learned
Gender-Number-Case), any gui search builder would be specific to
that morphology.<br>
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Daniel<br>
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On 2/21/13 11:17 PM, Chris Burrell wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi DM
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<div>Robinson's morphology define the following:</div>
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<div>Function</div>
<div>Tense</div>
<div>Voice</div>
<div>Mood</div>
<div>Person</div>
<div>Case</div>
<div>Number</div>
<div>Gender</div>
<div>Suffix</div>
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<div style="">STEP intends to eventually allow a user to select
any of the values in each of the categories and carry out
either a colour filter or a search on a text/a whole Bible for
a particular Strong number.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 21 February 2013 14:25, DM Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:dmsmith@crosswire.org" target="_blank">dmsmith@crosswire.org</a>></span>
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we have Robinson codes which have meanings that ultimately
do not require a dictionary to understand.<br>
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In SWORD you can search SN@RC (where SN is a Strong's Number
and RC is a Robinson's Code) or for just RC.<br>
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I'm wondering whether searches can be more focused in a
linguistically meaningful way?<br>
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I'm not a linguist, but wondering what would be helpful to
those that are.<br>
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What would those searches be?<br>
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Gender?<br>
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Person?<br>
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Voice?<br>
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Many thanks in advance.<br>
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In Him,<br>
DM<br>
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