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Kura, the linguistics database application


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Kura mentioned on O'Reilly Network
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Requirements

  • Python (version 2.0)
  • MySQL (version 3.23.27 or greater)
  • MySQLdb-0.3.0b2. Windows version at: http://home.t-online.de/home/err666/.
  • Qt, version 2.2.1
  • PyQt (version 2.2)


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    Kura



    Kura (Nepali for language) is a multi-user open-source linguistic database especially geared towards language description. Read the proposal for a description of the intended functionality and the preliminary design.

    The application consists of three independent parts: an application framework that works with the data from the database, and a gui-framework that the user to work with the data, and a server that can present the data in html form over the Internet.

    Requirements

    Kura is developed in Python, with some third party extension modules for the GUI and the database connectivity.

    The database currently used in development is MySQL, together with a DB-API II compliant interface. It should be quite easy to port dbObj, the object-oriented database layer to another database. Kura runs equally well on Windows as on Unix/X11.

    License

    Kura is released under the very liberal Python license.

    Manual

    There is one! Or rather, the beginnings of a manual.

    Installation

    Please read the Installation section of the manual. Don't forget to import the default configuration.

    Windows and Unix/X11

    Kura runs equally well on Windows as on Unux/X11 (in fact, the better font handling of Windows makes working with scripts like devanagari possible on Windows, where it is difficult on Unix/X11. However, the tool used to develop Kura with, PyQt, is no longer free for Windows. I am using an older version just now, but in future Kura for Windows will either cost real money, or I will have to find sponsors or funding, in order to be able to buy BlackAdder.

    Partly in anticipation, but also because I think it might be handy, I am making available CD"s of Kura, with all runtime components for $49,94, payable with a check (any currency). Proceeds will towards keeping Kura free, even for Windows.


    Changes

    • 01-02-2001 - Creation

    text and illustrations © 1999 Boudewijn Rempt