tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090914606822911489.post2547800834242596365..comments2023-04-27T09:10:38.028-07:00Comments on Less Talk, More Code: Modelling and storing a phonetics database inside a storeBen O'Steenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10330754112283510575noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090914606822911489.post-74327525243244843532010-09-29T04:17:43.427-07:002010-09-29T04:17:43.427-07:00The odd bit of all this work is that nobody though...The odd bit of all this work is that nobody thought to ask me.<br /><br />Better documentation on the fiat format is available at http://kochanski.org/gpk/code/speechresearch/gmisclib in the fiatio module. Fiat 1.1 format does do quotes, and differs from CSV format in that it has header information.<br /><br />Now, of course I could have used some kind of "standard CSV library". From the librarian's perspective that might have been nice, but it made no sense historically. The original need was for a python module to interface with existing FIAT files. Then, once I have the python module, why waste time trying to rewrite it? Using standard CSV libraries would introduce all kinds of compatibility problems within my own data and code, and interfacing external libraries to python is rather an annoyance.<br /><br />Anyhow, the point is that compatibility with external standards is really pretty unimportant from the operational point of view.Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14938984056776222448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090914606822911489.post-24429292113495457012009-03-26T10:12:00.000-07:002009-03-26T10:12:00.000-07:00"We need to start putting (cleared) data out there..."We need to start putting (cleared) data out there, in parallel to capturing the information necessary for understanding and then preserving the information. By putting the data out there quickly, the researcher feels that they are having an effect and are able to see that what we are doing for them is worth it. This can favourably aid dialogue that you need to have with the researcher (or other related researchers or analysts) to further characterise this data."<BR/><BR/>Definitely agree. In business they call this "time to market" - too fast and the developers/researchers get uneasy, too slow and they get frustrated.Martin Donnellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17054610336363807162noreply@blogger.com