[Clipart] organize repository and access rights

Alberto Simões hashashin at gmail.com
Thu Jul 15 05:22:13 PDT 2004


On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 08:08:32 -0400, Jonadab the Unsightly One
<jonadab at bright.net> wrote:
> Nicu Buculei <nicu at apsro.com> writes:
> 
> > IMO, internationalization of categories could be achieved when the
> > backend will be powered by a database.
> 
> We might not even need a db backend, once we move from directory
> structure to keyword metadata; all we'd need is to translate the
> heirarchy, and it would automatically pick up the right images based
> on keyword.  The English one might have a Buildings category, and
> underneath that it might have a Homes category, which picks up any
> image with the 'house' keyword.  A Greek translation might have a
> category called Oikoi, which might pick up any image with the 'house'
> keyword.

As soon as we use keyword metadata, i18n becames very easy (I think).
I'll be off the next week (not 100% off, but almost), but when I come
back, I'll try to add some little metadata to SVG files (that which do
not contain it) so I can prepare the new keyword-based navigation
script.

Regards,
Alb

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Alberto Simões



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