Taxasoft

This project is initiated to create a multi language DeltaXML format that can serve as a transfer format between the standard DELTA format and (My)SQL databases. Most important Delta documentation are the Primer and User's Guide.
The main goal is to create Web based tools for interchange data between Natural language descriptions and the DELTA format (Standard or XML or MySQL), and later to produce web based data processing tools for creating formatted identification keys and make online identification possible.
Applications based on SQL queries are expected to be very fast especially with large data sets. It will make it possible to work with a group of people on the same dataset, even on the same item at the very same moment. To have your data available any where at any time on any Computer on any platform with internet access and a browser available.

Standard tools

The project is using the browser as the interface and open source software like XAMPP (Apache Friends) as the server part for the Web. Using PHP script language and MySQL database for development. Any other server with PHP (5) and SQL can be used. XAMPP can be installed and used on a stand alone PC. Standard tools like Microsofts XML editor can be used to view the XML data.

What has been done?

• the XML format of the DeltaXML (combining the 3 standard DELTA files) and SQL database format are defined
• a data editor+ (DXedit Server version) has been created, that can load and save standard Delta files as well as DeltaXML, edit the data (updated November 14, 2024)
• a transfer or import function of the three DELTA files (items, chars & specs) to DeltaXML and back has been created (updated May 30, 2023)
• the functionality to create highly formatted Natural Language Descriptions, with all kind of options in HTML has been included (updated April 24, 2024)
• online identification functionality has been included (updated June 05, 2023)
• data mining import functionality has been included, to import descriptions

What must be done

• Other tools to process data
  
• Find out if it is possible to use a subset of the SDD XML format for the DeltaXML definition
  
• Find out if it is useful to merge XDelta and the DeltaXML definitions (because as far as I know XDelta has been defined but has never been used)
  

Examples

• The database structure can be viewed by pressing here (it is in text format and opens in your browser).
  
• An example of DeltaXML file (dump) of 5 characters in one group and 2 items can be viewed by pressing here. XML can be viewed in your browser like the text file above.
  
• The three DELTA files, mentioned above can be translated into DeltaXML by pressing here. You can view the XML output in your browser, but be awere it takes a while to load (parse the 860 kb data).
  
• The Web based DeltaXML Editor (DXedit.php) can be started by pressing here
  
• The source is available from this site in a zip file (press here to load)
  

Eric Gouda

Updated January 04 2024 21:17