Re: VMs: Interlinear block codes, revised...?

[Rene Zandbergen <r_zandbergen@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Jorge Stolfi <stolfi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Nick, indeed the block IDs (the part of the locator
> that lies
> between the page ID and the line number) were
> assigned rather
> randomly. I know (better than most!) how much
> trouble that means to
> programmers. However please keep in mind that
>   
>   (1) the file grew gradually over time
>      [...]   
>   (2) [...]   
>   (3) Text unit boundaries and types are still
> uncertain in some
>   cases. [...]

The only thing one can do is assign bounds and
types based on the appearance. This will allow
people to check whether text appearing as labels
(or circular text) has different characteristics
or not...
 
> When I converted Gabriel's interlinear to EVA, and
> added the new
> material, I tried to maintain some compatibility
> with previous
> versions and with the official EVT format (as
> accepted by Rene's VTT).

Yes. We may reconsider that necessity in the mean
time and after having looked at the file I
see that quite a number of conventions have been
changed. No problem there. 
Probably, VTT will not work anymore on this file
since the page header tags have been commented
out.
What is stil useful though is to standardise
the locator codes or block codes, so that the
various meanings of L, R or X etc are aligned.
Don't know if anyone is willing to do it or has 
time....

> Because of the above uncertainties, I don't think
> that we are ready to
> assign *the* definitive block and line numbers. If
> we do a global
> renumbering of blocks and lines now, we will surely
> have to change
> them again later.

We can stay basically with what we have, apart
from some trimming. Having a standard format can
only be helpful to people writing scripts
which can be exchanged, and for people willing
to do trancription.

Cheers,
 Rene

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