Comments on: CAD on-line http://balshanut.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/cad-on-line/ balshanut: Resources for the study of the Bible and Linguistics Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:50:14 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Peter Bekins http://balshanut.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/cad-on-line/#comment-161 Peter Bekins Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:39:56 +0000 http://balshanut.wordpress.com/?p=92#comment-161 Charles, It certainly would be a lot of work to create an electronic version. Even if she had the $1,000,000 I had the feeling that Martha Roth wanted no part in it. It is more than just typing in all the entries, a new data model would need to be created to organize things correctly. She had a conversation with Dr Kaufman at that session where she basically said that lexicography is much more than just listing a lemma and a gloss. There is a lot of information contained in the way the entries are arranged on the printed page that could be lost. So, I don't begrudge the folks at the Oriental Institute, a searchable PDF on my own laptop for free is beyond my wildest dreams. It is just unfortunate that the great infrastructure of the CAD is probably going to be packed up in boxes and sent to a warehouse now. Charles,

It certainly would be a lot of work to create an electronic version. Even if she had the $1,000,000 I had the feeling that Martha Roth wanted no part in it. It is more than just typing in all the entries, a new data model would need to be created to organize things correctly. She had a conversation with Dr Kaufman at that session where she basically said that lexicography is much more than just listing a lemma and a gloss. There is a lot of information contained in the way the entries are arranged on the printed page that could be lost.

So, I don’t begrudge the folks at the Oriental Institute, a searchable PDF on my own laptop for free is beyond my wildest dreams. It is just unfortunate that the great infrastructure of the CAD is probably going to be packed up in boxes and sent to a warehouse now.

]]> By: Awilum.com » CAD and CHD http://balshanut.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/cad-on-line/#comment-160 Awilum.com » CAD and CHD Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:18:32 +0000 http://balshanut.wordpress.com/?p=92#comment-160 [...] beat me to the punch, such as Pete Bekins and Jay Crisostomo, however, I thought I’d add the links as well.  Furthermore, I’d [...] [...] beat me to the punch, such as Pete Bekins and Jay Crisostomo, however, I thought I’d add the links as well.  Furthermore, I’d [...]

]]> By: Charles Halton http://balshanut.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/cad-on-line/#comment-159 Charles Halton Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:07:26 +0000 http://balshanut.wordpress.com/?p=92#comment-159 At the CAD session at the last SBL Martha Roth projected that it would take $1,000,000 to turn the CAD into a true online dictionary. I find this figure hard to imagine considering the current low cost of graduate student labor. She said she was perfectly willing to do it if someone gave the cash. Have you checked your sofa cushions lately? At the CAD session at the last SBL Martha Roth projected that it would take $1,000,000 to turn the CAD into a true online dictionary. I find this figure hard to imagine considering the current low cost of graduate student labor. She said she was perfectly willing to do it if someone gave the cash. Have you checked your sofa cushions lately?

]]> By: Carl http://balshanut.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/cad-on-line/#comment-157 Carl Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:11:38 +0000 http://balshanut.wordpress.com/?p=92#comment-157 Pete-- I had the same thought about how untimely this is, but look on the bright side--it will help with the final text this semester too! Pete–

I had the same thought about how untimely this is, but look on the bright side–it will help with the final text this semester too!

]]>