I'd love to help as well. I know Java/GWT.. -Wes
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:06 PM, Yiguang Hu <yi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I would like to see what I can help. I know java/groovy/grails and GWT. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* "sword-devel-requ...@crosswire.org" < > sword-devel-requ...@crosswire.org> > *To:* sword-devel@crosswire.org > *Sent:* Wed, April 21, 2010 7:11:32 PM > *Subject:* sword-devel Digest, Vol 73, Issue 45 > > Send sword-devel mailing list submissions to > sword-devel@crosswire.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > sword-devel-requ...@crosswire.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > sword-devel-ow...@crosswire.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of sword-devel digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. New data, new CrossWire project, HELP WANTED (Chris Burrell) > 2. Re: New data, new CrossWire project, HELP WANTED (Chris Burrell) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:07:06 +0100 > From: Chris Burrell <ch...@burrell.me.uk> > To: J-Sword Developers Mailing List <jsword-de...@crosswire.org>, > "SWORD Developers' Collaboration Forum" <sword-devel@crosswire.org> > Cc: "tyndalestep.prog" <tyndalestep.p...@blogger.com> > Subject: [sword-devel] New data, new CrossWire project, HELP WANTED > Message-ID: > <q2i8c0aba2c1004211207v54e868acn27cd0e2719538...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > *What is Tyndale STEP?* > Tyndale STEP is an offline and online Java web application which aims to > make ancient texts and maps as well as timeline data, genealogies, ... > accessible to everyone, scholar and non-scholar alike, so that the Bible is > illuminated by its full ancient context. [see roadmap below]. Tyndale House > will also distribute the online version to pastors in the third world, who > often can?t afford commercial Bible software. > > A wiki page has been set up here: > http://crosswire.org/wiki/Frontends:TyndaleStep which has a lot more > information! > > *Who are we looking for?* > We need lots of help! > ? *Java developers*: this code base is mainly in Java so we can do with all > the help we can get! > ? *User Interface designers*: there is currently a sketch of the user > interface, created more to prove a point. We need proper guidance to make > the software as user friendly and rich as possible > ? *Data harvesters*: Tyndale House could do with a few extra pairs of hands > to helpcollate the data and make it available to the wider CrossWire > community > > *How do I start?* > ? Get in touch! > ? Read through the wiki page: > http://crosswire.org/wiki/Frontends:TyndaleStep > ? Build the code from: > http://crosswire.org/wiki/Frontends:TyndaleStep_Build_Environment > ? Check out our feature/bug repository: > http://crosswire.org/bugs/browse/TYNSTEP > ? Have a look at the proof of concept sketches at > http://crosswire.org:8080/~chrisburrell/ (including timelines and > interlinears on strong-tagged Bibles) > ? Peruse the blogs mentioned on the wiki to get a feel for the data and > programming > > As you can see, there?s plenty to do! > > *What does the roadmap look like?* > > *1st phase: build a multi-platform structure for standard Bible-study > tools: > * > ? Bible texts, including original languages, translations and interlinears > ? Language aids, including lookup-dictionaries concordance searches > ? History tools, including an expandable timeline with scripture links > ? Dictionary articles, culled from various sources and edited > * > * > *2nd phase: add detailed geographic, historic & linguistic data* > ? Gazetteer of all named places, with short articles and links to pictures > ? Co-ordinates of identifiable places to GoogleEarth > ? Map overlays of high-ref 1:20,000 maps of pre-urbanised Palestine > ? Flexible timelines which can be altered at key points of uncertainty > ? Full-text lexicons linked to the lookup dictionaries in tagged texts > > *3rd phase: add translation aids and links to modern publications* > ? different possible translations for words and passages > ? differences in manuscripts, with evidence for each variant > ? expositions in modern and older commentaries, articles and books > > *4th phase: adds link to extra-biblical literature with searching:* > ? search other ancient literature for similar passages in a similar context > ? look up Greek and Hebrew words in other ancient literature > ? view ancient texts with translations where possible > > These tools will put centuries of research into the hands of non-scholars. > When the information is laid open like this, it is easy to see that the > Bible is well preserved and translated, reflecting historical events in > real > places, and dealing with issues current in the ancient and modern work > alike. > > If you have any more questions or want to get involved, please do let me > know! > Chris > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://www.crosswire.org/pipermail/sword-devel/attachments/20100421/146258ee/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:07:07 +0100 > From: Chris Burrell <ch...@burrell.me.uk> > To: Daniel Owens <dhow...@pmbx.net> > Cc: SWORD Developers' Collaboration Forum <sword-devel@crosswire.org>, > TExT <edit...@textonline.org>, J-Sword Developers Mailing List > <jsword-de...@crosswire.org> > Subject: Re: [sword-devel] New data, new CrossWire project, HELP > WANTED > Message-ID: > <j2w8c0aba2c1004211607sfe7f6d5fm24b94be1ff919...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Hi Daniel > > I'm copying David IB from Tyndale House who is part of Tyndale House and > leading the data side of the project. > > A couple of emails have circulated on this previously on our blogs, which > I've tried to capture (in part) on > http://crosswire.org/bugs/browse/TYNSTEP-44 > http://crosswire.org/bugs/browse/TYNSTEP-45 > > I'm sure David IB will have more to input on this... I've copied his > original email below > Chris > > ========================================== > THis is the best lookup lexicon to use for Hebrew interlinear - it is > tagged > to Strongs, includes the pointed Hebrew and has an abbreviated BDB entry. > And the version downloadable from http://github.com/openscriptures has > even > more corrections than mine. For all I know, it might finally be letter > perfect! THis version is also packaged in nice XML which can easily be > converted to any other DB format. > > The equivalent lexicon at Crosswire for Greek is, I think, in a much better > state, and didn't need all the work the Hebrew did. > > The version of the tagged OT text at http://github.com/openscriptures is > also in very good condition (prob better than the one at Crosswire). It > appears to only contain PD data - ie it doesn't include the more complete > morphology data which is copyrighted. > > David IB > > > > On 21 April 2010 23:22, Daniel Owens <dhow...@pmbx.net> wrote: > > > Chris, > > > > I am not qualified to contribute code (though I lurk on sword-devel > because > > of my module-creating disposition), but I am involved in producing > content > > for the very purpose you mention. By the way, if you are at Tyndale House > > now, you may know Daniel Block. He is my PhD mentor at Wheaton College. > > > > There are two content areas with which I am involved and would be happy > to > > collaborate on. One is Greek and Hebrew lexica. Currently at > > www.textonline.org we are involved in collaboratively producing a modern > > replacement for Strongs. We're starting with a Strongs base but hope to > > provide a basic and up-to-date modern equivalent to Holladay for Hebrew > or > > Newman for Greek, except that they will be released under a creative > commons > > license. The challenge is finding people to contribute quality entries > with > > little or no possibility of accolades in the guild of biblical studies > (and > > certainly no money!). The other project is a collaboratively produced > > morphologically tagged Hebrew text (see www.OpenScriptures.org). For > that > > we are looking at Django and Pinax as the applications for collaborating > on > > putting together the data. For me, the purpose of this is to fill a void > of > > content for SWORD in order to serve the global church. > > > > I notice that full-text lexicons are part of the second phase of your > plan. > > Is there any way we can begin to collaborate on that? I am open to your > > suggestions. > > > > Daniel > > > > On 4/21/2010 2:07 PM, Chris Burrell wrote: > > > >> *What is Tyndale STEP?* > >> > >> Tyndale STEP is an offline and online Java web application which aims to > >> make ancient texts and maps as well as timeline data, genealogies, ... > >> accessible to everyone, scholar and non-scholar alike, so that the Bible > is > >> illuminated by its full ancient context. [see roadmap below]. Tyndale > House > >> will also distribute the online version to pastors in the third world, > who > >> often can?t afford commercial Bible software. > >> > >> A wiki page has been set up here: > >> http://crosswire.org/wiki/Frontends:TyndaleStep which has a lot more > >> information! > >> > >> *Who are we looking for?* > >> We need lots of help! > >> ? *Java developers*: this code base is mainly in Java so we can do with > >> all the help we can get! > >> ? *User Interface designers*: there is currently a sketch of the user > >> interface, created more to prove a point. We need proper guidance to > make > >> the software as user friendly and rich as possible > >> ? *Data harvesters*: Tyndale House could do with a few extra pairs of > >> hands to helpcollate the data and make it available to the wider > CrossWire > >> community > >> > >> *How do I start?* > >> ? Get in touch! > >> ? Read through the wiki page: > >> http://crosswire.org/wiki/Frontends:TyndaleStep > >> ? Build the code from: > >> http://crosswire.org/wiki/Frontends:TyndaleStep_Build_Environment > >> ? Check out our feature/bug repository: > >> http://crosswire.org/bugs/browse/TYNSTEP > >> ? Have a look at the proof of concept sketches at > >> http://crosswire.org:8080/~chrisburrell/ < > >> http://crosswire.org:8080/%7Echrisburrell/> (including timelines and > >> interlinears on strong-tagged Bibles) > >> > >> ? Peruse the blogs mentioned on the wiki to get a feel for the data and > >> programming > >> > >> As you can see, there?s plenty to do! > >> > >> *What does the roadmap look like?* > >> > >> */1st phase: build a multi-platform structure for standard Bible-study > >> tools:/* > >> ? Bible texts, including original languages, translations and > interlinears > >> ? Language aids, including lookup-dictionaries concordance searches > >> ? History tools, including an expandable timeline with scripture links > >> ? Dictionary articles, culled from various sources and edited > >> */ > >> /* > >> */2nd phase: add detailed geographic, historic & linguistic data/* > >> ? Gazetteer of all named places, with short articles and links to > pictures > >> ? Co-ordinates of identifiable places to GoogleEarth > >> ? Map overlays of high-ref 1:20,000 maps of pre-urbanised Palestine > >> ? Flexible timelines which can be altered at key points of uncertainty > >> ? Full-text lexicons linked to the lookup dictionaries in tagged texts > >> > >> */3rd phase: add translation aids and links to modern publications/* > >> ? different possible translations for words and passages > >> ? differences in manuscripts, with evidence for each variant > >> ? expositions in modern and older commentaries, articles and books > >> > >> */4th phase: adds link to extra-biblical literature with searching:/* > >> ? search other ancient literature for similar passages in a similar > >> context > >> ? look up Greek and Hebrew words in other ancient literature > >> ? view ancient texts with translations where possible > >> > >> These tools will put centuries of research into the hands of > non-scholars. > >> When the information is laid open like this, it is easy to see that the > >> Bible is well preserved and translated, reflecting historical events in > real > >> places, and dealing with issues current in the ancient and modern work > >> alike. > >> > >> If you have any more questions or want to get involved, please do let me > >> know! > >> Chris > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > >> http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > >> Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page > >> > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://www.crosswire.org/pipermail/sword-devel/attachments/20100422/7e5b28e3/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list > sword-devel@crosswire.org > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > > > End of sword-devel Digest, Vol 73, Issue 45 > ******************************************* > > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page >
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