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[Followup-To set to lugnet.admin.database -- can we please corral this
(important) discussion to one location? It's getting cross-posted to too
many ng's]
On Thu, 8 Jul 1999 12:36:17 GMT, "Sybrand Bonsma"
<bonsma@phys.chem.ethz.ch> wrote:
> 3. Compare the names of the different databases. A start here might be to find
> the counterparts of LDraw parts in other programms/auctions. Because LDraw
> uses part numbers, the list of pieces can be split up among various people
> easily.
I've got some LDraw-to-AucZILLA cross-reference information. Let me dig it
out...
> 4. Make an overview list of the used names. A proposed format is:
> LDraw number; LDraw name; Auczilla name; TV inventory name; other name(s)
> This owuld already be a good start for the Bricktionary.
Why not format the list like this (each part would have several entries):
ID - This is a unique ID for the part. It might be internally-created
for the project, or it might be the LDraw Number/actual part
number).
Number - The number or code for the part
Size - The size information for the part
Name - A name used to refer to the part
UsedBy - Where that name has been used. This field would be set to LDraw,
AucZILLA, Tim V, Margo K, maybe even Bricktionary (when a
'preferred name' is decided upon).
This is a more flexible organization of the data, because it only requires
actual entries. It also makes it possible to extract lists of parts names
for specific entities, by filtering on the UsedBy column.
> More information about the Bricktionary project can be found at the following
> page:
> http://members.tripod.com/~Sybrand_Bonsma/bricktionary/bricktionary.html
Looks like a good start. BTW, for the "List of parts in LDraw (with
pictures)", feel free to link to <http://home.att.net/~partsref>, if you
want. It's a couple of parts-releases out of date, but I'll be fixing that
in the next few days.
Steve
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