I think integration would have to assume some connectivity to the internet. Many applications now have this type of functionality. The "stand alone" UIs could launch a browser with the URL or they could integrate the returned HTML in their own windows. This would allow them to utilize the functionality without the issues you have listed below.
I do most of my work from a laptop. Therefore I am occasionally connected. I would like to have this capability for when I do have web access. If their URL structure is not too difficult, I'll probably write a macro for Libronix to allow me to do the same thing in their software. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Martin Gruner > Sent: Wed, November 12, 2003 2:16 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [sword-devel] Perseus Project > > > Keith, > > I would definitely be interested in this! > > However, to integrate it in the frontends would require public domain or > licensed data files for us to use. Url integration in the > frontends except > for maybe the web interface does not make too much sense, does it? > > Martin > > Am Mittwoch, 12. November 2003 20:49 schrieb Keith Ralston: > > Perseus is a digital library of ancient Greek and Latin texts. It is a > > treasure for research work. This site allows researchers > access to primary > > sources for researching definition. In addition to having a > large number > > of texts on-line, they have research tools. This is my source for doing > > original language Greek research. You can look up a work in > Liddell Scott > > Jones for definitions that contain links to the documents from which the > > definitions derive their meaning. You can also search for words or word > > combinations in thousands of ancient documents. > > > > I use the site to verify definitions I find in BAGD or TDNT. > Sometimes the > > definitions cited here and in commentaries leave out a nuance. > This is the > > best source I have found for researching Hapax Legomena found in the NT. > > > > One recent example is research I have done on Paul's use of > diatheke in Gal > > 3.15-25 (please forgive my poor transliterating I usually type > in Greek). > > Recent commentaries have surfaced the idea of a will or > testament in favor > > of the traditional OT covenant term for v. 15. However, the > word used for > > ratify (kurow) is only found in Galatians and a few oxyrinchus > fragments. > > Predominantly, other language is used when diatheke means a will. > > > > Looking the other way, how is kurow predominantly used in ancients > > documents? It is primarily used of legal contracts or of laws. This is > > also true of athetew which occurs in the same verse. This leads me to > > conclude that Paul is using diatheke in the sense of covenant > in the verse > > as he clearly does later on. > > > > Having this type of material available electronically opens up > research to > > a level previously available to very few people. This left researchers > > dependent on the secondary and sometimes tertiary sources such as > > dictionaries and lexicons. This is not to say that they are not useful, > > but nothing beats a primary source when you need to dig into a document. > > > > I have asked them if they have a format for integrating. If not, that > > would leave URL generation as the only method. Their URLs seem to be > > fairly straight forward. I have also asked them if they have something > > that outlines their method for generating URLs as well. > > > > I know that Thesaurus Lingua Graecae has some integration with > Perseus. I > > guess this means they may have some standardization. I have asked them > > this explicitly. > > > > Let me know if this makes sense. > > > > Keith > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Martin Gruner > > > Sent: Wed, November 12, 2003 1:19 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: [sword-devel] Perseus Project > > > > > > > > > Please explain more. > > > > > > Martin > > > > > > Am Mittwoch, 12. November 2003 19:54 schrieb Keith Ralston: > > > > Has anyone given thought to integrating their UI with the > > > > > > Perseus project? > > > > > > > This would create an extremely powerful combination, especially > > > > > > for the web > > > > > > > based product. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > sword-devel mailing list > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > sword-devel mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > > > > _______________________________________________ > > sword-devel mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel
