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Re: Bricktionary
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Sun, 1 Aug 1999 17:06:53 GMT
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On 31 Jul 1999, in lugnet.admin.database, Ice <icestorm@inwave.com> wrote:

Steve Bliss wrote:

[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]

Shows me what happens with stale followup-to'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).

snip...

How about a "known alias" category as well? Maybe include a warning category
for the the piece has been mistaken for? The effort doesn't have to be
strictly technical.

Interesting ideas.  Could be useful, especially for parts with no simple
description.

I've submitted a couple sets to the database, and I've been at a loss over
the "correct" nomenclature for many pieces. This would be a great and very
ambitious project. Defining what fields may be the first of many step we
need to agree upon before we end up with a system.

Apologies if this has been decided. I let this group go unwatched for a
while and have quite a bit of reasing to go through here.

Steve



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(...) How about a "known alias" category as well? Maybe include a warning category for the the piece has been mistaken for? The effort doesn't have to be strictly technical. I've submitted a couple sets to the database, and I've been at a loss over (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database)

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