Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Just a few issues

[Bob Dodd]

[snip]
> First of all, its easy to forget that an article
> written by somebody living in Texas, USA may not be
> understood by someboyd living in Perth, Australia or
> even in Boston, USA. National and regional variations
> in language will need to be ironed out, as a 'pedia
> few can understand isn't much use. As such perhaps all
> articles should have to be read by somebody from the
> same country, and another from a different country
> speaking the same language, before it is displayed, to
> ensure that is comprehensible. Obviously those that
> read it would have to be knowledgeable about the
> subject, and the original author would get to check
> that the emphasis/meaning of the text hasn't been
> altered, etc.


I don't think you need anything so complex. Let's just accept that
there are many different dialects (as does the Oxford English
Dictionary these days): British English, American English, Australian
English.

Actually, isn't 'language' is one of the tags missing from our XML DTD?

Language is also a major issue in terms of peer review, editing, and
presentation of content (e.g not all languages read from right to left,
or indeed horizontally...) 

We also need a way to link multiple translations of the same entry
together (more XML tags?)


/Bob Dodd

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