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Re: The Lepanadat Project (update 1)
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Wed, 26 Jan 2000 16:51:30 GMT
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Mike, I have consolidated Margo's castle/pirate inventories into one file with
the fields Set Number, Quantity, Part Description, and Colour. I could
extract a list of unique contents of Part Description as well, and I'm working
on adding the field LDraw #. Would this, or any finagling of data from this,
be any help toward Step 1 or 3? If so, I'll send it along.
Heather Patey
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Pirate Wench / Brick Detective
In lugnet.db.brictionary, Mike Poindexter writes:
> If I can get somebody to get the nomenclature down, I will offer to set up a
> database that will accept the inventories. I was starting on that same
> project, but it was indeed too immense for me to do alone. I would really
> like to see an updated Parts Inventory Repository that would work offline.
>
> As best I can see, it will come in a couple of phases:
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> #1 - Make a master file of all known available elements that is searchable
> across several known naming conventions (Tim Vattima's, Auczilla, TLC
> Element#, LDraw #, LDraw name, etc.)
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> #2 - Make a master file of sets known to exist (already done via Pause)
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> #3 - Create an updateable database that contains inventories of sets from #2
> with pieces from #1. Allow newly entered data to be uploaded to a central
> area. Allow updates from central area to be added to off-line copies
> (inventories and new parts).
>
> Todd has pretty much gotten #2 done, with a few missing items. Although I
> cannot speak for him, I would assume he would give the go ahead to use his
> info on this. I would be willing to do #3 and I spoke with Tim Vattima
> earlier and he said that as long as the program was free, he would donate
> his data.
>
> That leaves us at step #1. Ball's in your court.
>
> Mike Poindexter
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> Bill Bourn <bbourn@mail1.nai.net> wrote in message
> news:cfjs8s84dl6jbms2vimj9arv9a9mnk0io3@4ax.com...
> > Has anyone heard anything more about this project? The site has
> > apparently not been updated since the 22nd of September 1999.
> >
> > In the absence of any substantive news, I have embarked on my own
> > consolidation of piece descriptions and image files. It is based on
> > Ldraw images and the descriptions used for online parts auction sites.
> > I am distilling the important aspects into several MS Access
> > databases. If anyone would like to discuss this further, I will
> > entertain their contributions either here or via e-mail.
> >
> > Meanwhile, let's hope that Sybrand has not been separated from his
> > Lego too long.
> >
> > Bill Bourn
> >
> >
> > "Sybrand Bonsma" <bonsma@phys.chem.ethz.ch> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello everybody,
> > >
> > > I've been working on the Lepanadat project (parts names database) for • some time
> > > now. It doesn't go very fast as I had also much other things to do, so it
> > > probably will take some time before it is finished.
> > > As I'm leaving Switzerland for the Netherlands by the end of the week, I • will
> > > not have much computer access for one or two months, so the project will • slow
> > > down a bit for some time. To show you what I've done so far, I've added • two new
> > > pages. Both are text files, without any pictures or so, just list with • part
> > > numbers and names:
> > >
> > > http://members.tripod.com/~Sybrand_Bonsma/lepanadat/overview.txt
> > > This is a text file containing the LDraw parts number and their names. • I've
> > > added about 200 part names used by Tim Vattima to this list already.
> > >
> > > http://members.tripod.com/~Sybrand_Bonsma/lepanadat/tv-edit.txt
> > > This is a text file containing all part names from Tim Vattima's set • inventory
> > > that haven't been added to the overview list yet. LDraw numbers for about • 300
> > > or 400 parts are also added to this list, I've to find the Ldraw numbers • for
> > > the other parts yet, which are mainly minifig accessoires/bodies etc. and
> > > Technic pieces. When I've checked all pieces, the part names will be • added to
> > > the overview list.
> > >
> > > More information about the lepanadat project in general can be found at:
> > > http://members.tripod.com/~Sybrand_Bonsma/lepanadat/lepandat.html
> >
> >
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