Re: OT Spell Check

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2003

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texte = Thanks Alex. ... The only reason I ask it that I'm looking for a new (real world) project for myself. When I saw your discussion on spell checkers yesterday I thought it was a great idea, completely doable and I have all the resources I need. I've done some similar WebDNA work to check search strings against commonly misspelled words to improve search results.Now I just have to figure out how to approach it, either a standalone CGI (C or Perl) or the more fun approach would be a WebDNA solution but a bit less portable I think but like I say, more fun for me. : c)If I get it completed and it works okay, I'll let you guys know.Thanks again,MKOn Wednesday, May 28, 2003, at 05:51 AM, Alex McCombie wrote:> On 5/27/03 5:54 PM, Marc Kaiwi wrote:>>> Just curious ... what exactly does this spell checker have to do?> The job is for a state wide mandatory contract reporting system. The > system> is designed to allow agencies from across the state enter in > information> regarding contract offerings to fulfill state legal requirements of> notification.>> The system design is fairly straightforward. A bunch of integrity > checking> (most date based) and a long term archiving plan.>> However, there are 2 requirements that have me spending a lot of > undesirable> time on.>> 1. PDF creation on the fly. We had worked out a semi-automatic PDF > scheme> with another client that worked wonders for creating a 150 page > technical> listing from WebDNA... But the final step was the human intervention > for the> actual PDF creation using Get URL feature of acrobat. Either we will > have> to script that or go the even more cryptic route of true PDF creation > from> WebDNA code.>> 2. A spell check much be available at the browser level to help the > agencies> improve the quality of their offerings (lol at least from a spelling > point> of view). The spell check should not have any requirements for client > side> software and should work on as many platforms (client) as possible.>> Additionally, this system will need to have redundant and > geographically> independent installs so any outside software package would come with > twice> the licensing issues. Which puts me square in the remote data sync'ing > issue> with WebDNA.>> Ideally that's why a spelling 'service' has turned out to be so > attractive.> Whether its 2 installs or 5 the cost is the same. The reliability of > the> service will be critical, though I could probably get by with a blip > here or> there as it is obviously not an integral part of the project.>>> This project is ours to lose and I intend to go wayyyyy out on the > limb to> propose WebDNA, which is clearly an unknown platform to the state > boys. The> ability to follow through that goal is going to depend on the details > and> extras that entice them enough to step out of the box. Though > admittedly,> government people hate to do that.>> Should be interesting if nothing else.>> Sorry for the long answer... I will be in proposal hell for the next 8 > days> solid.>>> Alex J McCombie New World Media> Chief Information Officer Box 124> 888/892.6379 MartVille, NY 13111> Alex@NewWorldMedia.com http://OurClients.com>> Interface Designer WebDNA Programmer Database Designer>Signed: Marc Kaiwi-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: OT Spell Check (Alain Russell 2003)
Re: OT Spell Check (marc@kaiwi.com (Marc Kaiwi) 2003)
Re: OT Spell Check (Alex McCombie 2003)

Thanks Alex. ... The only reason I ask it that I'm looking for a new (real world) project for myself. When I saw your discussion on spell checkers yesterday I thought it was a great idea, completely doable and I have all the resources I need. I've done some similar WebDNA work to check search strings against commonly misspelled words to improve search results.Now I just have to figure out how to approach it, either a standalone CGI (C or Perl) or the more fun approach would be a WebDNA solution but a bit less portable I think but like I say, more fun for me. : c)If I get it completed and it works okay, I'll let you guys know.Thanks again,MKOn Wednesday, May 28, 2003, at 05:51 AM, Alex McCombie wrote:> On 5/27/03 5:54 PM, Marc Kaiwi wrote:>>> Just curious ... what exactly does this spell checker have to do?> The job is for a state wide mandatory contract reporting system. The > system> is designed to allow agencies from across the state enter in > information> regarding contract offerings to fulfill state legal requirements of> notification.>> The system design is fairly straightforward. A bunch of integrity > checking> (most date based) and a long term archiving plan.>> However, there are 2 requirements that have me spending a lot of > undesirable> time on.>> 1. PDF creation on the fly. We had worked out a semi-automatic PDF > scheme> with another client that worked wonders for creating a 150 page > technical> listing from WebDNA... But the final step was the human intervention > for the> actual PDF creation using Get URL feature of acrobat. Either we will > have> to script that or go the even more cryptic route of true PDF creation > from> WebDNA code.>> 2. A spell check much be available at the browser level to help the > agencies> improve the quality of their offerings (lol at least from a spelling > point> of view). The spell check should not have any requirements for client > side> software and should work on as many platforms (client) as possible.>> Additionally, this system will need to have redundant and > geographically> independent installs so any outside software package would come with > twice> the licensing issues. Which puts me square in the remote data sync'ing > issue> with WebDNA.>> Ideally that's why a spelling 'service' has turned out to be so > attractive.> Whether its 2 installs or 5 the cost is the same. The reliability of > the> service will be critical, though I could probably get by with a blip > here or> there as it is obviously not an integral part of the project.>>> This project is ours to lose and I intend to go wayyyyy out on the > limb to> propose WebDNA, which is clearly an unknown platform to the state > boys. The> ability to follow through that goal is going to depend on the details > and> extras that entice them enough to step out of the box. Though > admittedly,> government people hate to do that.>> Should be interesting if nothing else.>> Sorry for the long answer... I will be in proposal hell for the next 8 > days> solid.>>> Alex J McCombie New World Media> Chief Information Officer Box 124> 888/892.6379 MartVille, NY 13111> Alex@NewWorldMedia.com http://OurClients.com>> Interface Designer WebDNA Programmer Database Designer>Signed: Marc Kaiwi-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ marc@kaiwi.com (Marc Kaiwi)

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