XDXF
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{{Infobox file format
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| extension = .xdxf
| mime = application/xml
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| owner = Initial development by Sergey Singov, later by Leonid Soshinskiy
| released = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2006|09|10}}
| latest release version = rev.34
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2022|01|19}}
| genre = XML dictionary format
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| open = Yes
| url = {{URL|https://github.com/soshial/xdxf_makedict/}}
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XDXF (XML Dictionary eXchange Format) is a project to unite all existing open dictionaries and provide both users and developers with a universal XML-based format, convertible from and to other popular formats like Mova, PtkDic, and StarDict.
Available dictionaries
As of December 15, 2006 the XDXF project repository contains 615 dictionaries, which are collectively 936,189,613 bytes in size (compressed) and contain 24,804,355 articles.
Software
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The XDXF file format is used by [https://alpusapp.com Alpus], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/simpledict/ SimpleDict] and GoldenDict.{{cite web |title=GoldenDict's Supported Formats |url=https://github.com/goldendict/goldendict/wiki/Supported-Dictionary-Formats |website=Github |publisher=Konstantin Isakov |access-date=1 Apr 2017}} Also StarDict starting with version 2.4.6 has basic support for XDXF.{{cite web |title=StarDict File Format document |url=https://github.com/huzheng001/stardict-3/blob/master/dict/doc/StarDictFileFormat#L406 |website=Github |publisher=Hu Zheng |access-date=16 May 2014}}
=Converters=
There are numerous converters: [https://github.com/ilius/pyglossary pyglossary], [https://github.com/itkach/xdxf2slob/ xdxf2slob] and others. Initially, the project had its own converter, but it was deprecated.
Alternatives
Many languages serve a similar purpose, e.g., the Lexical Markup Framework (XML and other serializations), OntoLex (RDF), DICT (text format), or the dicML markup languages. As for dicML and XDXF, neither concept is specified completely. For example, XDXF lacks elements to annotate possible hyphenations, while the recent working draft of dicML does not include elements to describe the etymology of words.
References
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External links
- [https://github.com/soshial/xdxf_makedict Project site]
- [https://sourceforge.net/projects/xdxf/files/ XDXF dictionaries repository]
- [https://github.com/soshial/xdxf_makedict/tree/master/format_standard XDXF Standard]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120129013126/http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/easy-xdxf-dictionary/id367286164?mt=8 Easy XDXF Dictionary – Free dictionary for Iphone]
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