Metadix - Revision history

Unhammer at 08:26, 25 April 2016

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Unhammer at 06:41, 20 October 2014

2014-10-20T06:41:41Z

Bech: Link to French page

2014-10-07T12:03:49Z

Link to French page

Bech at 12:03, 7 October 2014

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Bech: Documentation in English

2011-09-03T17:37:51Z

Documentation in English

Unhammer at 14:27, 20 March 2009

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Mlforcada at 14:18, 30 October 2007

2007-10-30T14:18:37Z

Mlforcada: link to unification page

2007-10-30T14:17:52Z

link to unification page

Francis Tyers: /* From the documentation */

2007-06-04T09:45:39Z

From the documentation

Francis Tyers at 09:42, 4 June 2007

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 symbol should appear.
+==See also==
-See also [[Unification of metadix and parametrized dictionaries]]
+* [[Unification of metadix and parametrized dictionaries]]
+* [[Talk:Metadix]] proposal for multiple prm's
+* [[Prefixes and infixes]]
 [[Category:Terminology]]

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-[[Category:Dixtools]]
+[[Category:Writing dictionaries]]
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			[[Fichiers metadix et métaparadigmes\|En français]]

	''Metadix'' (as seen in files containing the extension <code>.metadix</code>) is a still poorly-documented, minor extension of the <code>.dix</code> format of Apertium dictionaries that allows a certain level of parameterisation of paradigms in [[monodix \| monodixes]]. Metadixes are converted to the standard <code>.dix</code> format during compilation using XSLT stylesheets.		''Metadix'' (as seen in files containing the extension <code>.metadix</code>) is a still poorly-documented, minor extension of the <code>.dix</code> format of Apertium dictionaries that allows a certain level of parameterisation of paradigms in [[monodix \| monodixes]]. Metadixes are converted to the standard <code>.dix</code> format during compilation using XSLT stylesheets.

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	''Metadix'' (as seen in files containing the extension <code>.metadix</code>) is a still poorly-documented, minor extension of the <code>.dix</code> format of Apertium dictionaries that allows a certain level of ~~parameterization~~ of paradigms in [[monodix \| monodixes]]. Metadixes are converted to the standard <code>.dix</code> format during compilation using XSLT stylesheets.		''Metadix'' (as seen in files containing the extension <code>.metadix</code>) is a still poorly-documented, minor extension of the <code>.dix</code> format of Apertium dictionaries that allows a certain level of parameterisation of paradigms in [[monodix \| monodixes]]. Metadixes are converted to the standard <code>.dix</code> format during compilation using XSLT stylesheets.

	Metadixes are currently used in some language pairs, such as English-Catalan and Occitan-Catalan.		Metadixes are currently used in some language pairs, such as English-Catalan and Occitan-Catalan.

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   </e>
 </pardef>
 </pre>
-The tag \texttt{<\textbf{prm}/>} is the marker that is used to place
+The tag <code><prm/></code> is the marker that is used to place
 the variable text part (the root variation) in the paradigm
 definition.
 Once a metaparadigm is defined, we may want that a verb uses it. To do
-so, in the verb entry (inside a \texttt{<\textbf{e}>} element) we must
+so, in the verb entry (inside a <code><e></code> element) we must
 indicate the suitable metaparadigm and, through the attribute
-\texttt{prm}, define with which letters we want to replace the
+<code>prm</code>, define with which letters we want to replace the
 variable part specified in brackets. For example:
+<pre>
-\begin{alltt}
-<\textbf{e} lm="acuélher">
+<e lm="acuélher">
-  <\textbf{i}>acu</\textbf{i}>
+  <i>acu</i>
-  <\textbf{par} n="m/é[T]er__vblex" prm="lh"/>
+  <par n="m/é[T]er__vblex" prm="lh"/>
-</\textbf{e}>
+</e>
+</pre>
+This entry defines the Occitan verb ''acuélher'' ("to receive") and
-\end{alltt}
-This entry defines the Occitan verb \emph{acuélher} ("to receive") and
 specifies that its inflection paradigm is the one defined by the
-metaparadigm \texttt{m/é[T]er\_\_vblex}, but replacing \texttt{T} with
+metaparadigm <code>m/é[T]er__vblex</code>, but replacing <code>T</code> with
-\texttt{lh}; that is, the letters following \emph{acu} will be
+<code>lh</code>; that is, the letters following <code>acu</code> will be
-\emph{élher} instead of \emph{éter}.
+''élher'' instead of ''éter''.
 As mentioned before, metaparadigms can also be used for entries which
 have some variation in their grammatical symbols. The way to specify
 them is basically the same: the variable part must be specified in the
-entry with the attribute \texttt{sa}, whereas in the paradigm the tag
+entry with the attribute <code>sa</code>, whereas in the paradigm the tag
-\texttt{<\textbf{sa}>} has to be placed where the optional grammatical
+<code><sa></code> has to be placed where the optional grammatical
 symbol should appear.

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 dictionary which contains metaparadigms as well as the normal
 paradigms used so far. The name of a metadictionary is
-\texttt{apertium-PAIR.}$L_1$\texttt{.metadix}
+<code>apertium-PAIR.L<sub>1</sub>.metadix</code>
 (for example, for the English monolingual dictionary in the
-Apertium-en-ca system, \texttt{apertium-en-ca.en.metadix}).  When
+Apertium-en-ca system, <code>apertium-en-ca.en.metadix</code>).  When
 linguistic data are compiled these dictionaries are pre-processed, so
 that they have the appropriate format for the dictionary compiler.
-Metaparadigms are defined in the \texttt{<\textbf{pardefs}>} section
+Metaparadigms are defined in the <code><pardefs></code> section
 of the monolingual dictionary, the same section where also the rest of
 the dictionary paradigms are defined. A metaparadigm, just like a
-paradigm, has a name specified in the attribute \texttt{n}.  This name
+paradigm, has a name specified in the attribute <code>n</code>.  This name
 will have the same characteristics as in the other paradigms, with the
 difference that the variable part of the lemma root will be in brackets and
 in capital letters, as you can see in this example:
+<code>
-\begin{alltt}
-<\textbf{pardef} n="m/é[T]er\_\_vblex">
+<pardef n="m/é[T]er__vblex">
+</code>
-\end{alltt}
 This is the definition of a verb paradigm, where the inflection
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 specified in the paradigm:
+<code>
-\begin{alltt}
-<\textbf{par} n="mét/er\_\_vblex"/>
+<par n="mét/er__vblex"/>
+</code>
-\end{alltt}
 In conclusion, a complete example of metaparadigm definition would be:
+<pre>
+<pardef n="m/é[T]er__vblex">
+  <e>
+    <p>
+      <l>e</l>
+      <r>é</r>
+    </p>
+    <i><prm/><i>
+    <par n="sent/eria__vblex"/>
+  </e>
+  <e>
+    <i>é<prm/></i>
+    <par n="mét/er__vblex"/>
+  </e>
+</pardef>
+</pre>
-\begin{alltt}
-<\textbf{pardef} n="m/é[T]er__vblex">
-  <\textbf{e}>
-    <\textbf{p}>
-      <\textbf{l}>e</\textbf{l}>
-      <\textbf{r}>é</\textbf{r}>
-    </\textbf{p}>
-    <\textbf{i}><prm/></\textbf{i}>
-    <\textbf{par} n="sent/eria__vblex"/>
-  </\textbf{e}>
-  <\textbf{e}>
-    <\textbf{i}>é<prm/></\textbf{i}>
-    <\textbf{par} n="mét/er__vblex"/>
-  </\textbf{e}>
-</\textbf{pardef}>
-\end{alltt}