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Standard and idiosyncratic schemata for Sanskrit data, with a library of validation, (de-)serialization, a database interface and other utilities.

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Introduction

This module defines:

  • schema

    • shared standard schema for communicating and storing Sanskrit data of various types.

    • various idiosyncratic notations used by various modules which deviate from the proposed standards.

  • python classes (corresponding to the schema) and shared libraries for validating, (de-)serializing and storing sanskrit data of various types.

  • a common database interface for accessing various databases (so that a downstream app can switch to a different database with a single line change).

Similar libraries in various other languages are being built:

Motivation

  • Various sanskrit modules need to communicate data amongst each other (for example through a REST API or database stores or even function calls). Examples of the data being communicated could be:

    • Gramatical details of a given word

    • Sentences in a given book chapter

    • Annotations on a given phrase

  • When it comes to serialization formats - two distinct approaches present themselves to us:

    • One possible route is to have each project defining and using its own idiosyncratic notation. But this entails an additional burdens:

      • Each communicating module having to convert the data from one idiosyncratic notation to another.

      • Good schema design or notation is non trivial. Even if no external module is using the data, it is a waste to have to reinvent the wheel.

    • A superior route is to have a common, standard format for encoding various data-types for storage/ communication.

  • To the extant possible, we should take latter approach to data storage and communication.

  • Where idiosyncratic notations are adapted for various reasons, it is still desirable to collect such definitions in a single module - to facilitate conversion to the standard format.

For users

Installation

  • Install this library (Replace pip2 with pip3 as needed)

    • Latest release: sudo pip2 install sanskrit_data -U

    • Development copy: sudo pip2 install git+https://github.com/vedavaapi/sanskrit_data@master -U

    • Web.

  • Install libraries for the particular database you want to access through the sanskrit_data.db interface (as needed): pymongo, cloudant (for couchdb).

Usage

  • Please see the generated python sphynx docs in one of the following places:

  • Design considerations for data containers corresponding to the various submodules (such as books and annotations) are given below - or in the corresponding source files.

For contributors

Contact

Have a problem or question? Please head to github.

Packaging

  • ~/.pypirc should have your pypi login credentials.

    python setup.py bdist_wheel
    twine upload dist/* --skip-existing

Document generation

  • Sphynx html docs can be generated with cd docs; make html

  • Ignore warnings like: missing attribute mentioned in :members: or __all__: module (explanation).

  • http://sanskrit-data.readthedocs.io/en/latest/sanskrit_data.html should automatically have good updated documentation - unless there are build errors.

  • To update UML diagrams, copy the outputs of the below to docs:

  • pyreverse -ASmy -k -o png sanskrit_data.schema -p sanskrit_data_schema

  • pyreverse -ASmy -k -o png sanskrit_data.db -p sanskrit_data_db

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