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Author: Ludwin
Email: paardeko at libero dot it
Date: 2010-01-24 01:51:25
Subject: Re: Missing column: Cleasby/Vigfusson, page b0003
> > > > The right column is missing.
> > > > Q: is anybody already working on it?
> > > > Please let me know.
> > >
> > > Where did you observe it to be missing? In the search system? The downloadable dictionary? The page image file?
> > >
> > > --Sean
> >
> > I can verify it's missing in the search system. The entry on
> > aðild breaks off at the end of the left column and hitting
> > "next entry" takes one to the top of the let column on p. 4, within
> > the entry on AF. The end of aðild, the entry on
> > aðili, and the start of the entry on AF are missing.
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> It could be that the text from the column is altogether missing.
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> There is also another possible explanation. When the OCR was done on the dictionary pages, the page layout analysis occasionally got confused and swapped the left and right columns. In that sort of case, all the text is there, but not in the right order.
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> The way to really find that out would be to download the whole dictionary (which can be done by clicking Texts, then navigating to the entry for Cleasby/Vigfusson, then finding the link to the XML file) and look thru to see if this is what happened. You could also search in that file for some of the text from the missing column, to see if the text is really only misplaced.
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> I'd really appreciate it if someone else could take on this diagnosis project.
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> --Sean
It just ain't there and nowhere else either, except in the various pictures.
I take your discussion as a 'nobody is working on it', so nobody move, I'll do the OCR and send you the column in html. Let me know if this does not suit you, Sean.
--Ludwin