Sedrajs - A JavaScript representation of SEDRA 3 database

Sedrajs project uses Node.js scripts to convert Sedra 3 text file database to a JavaScript representation. CAL ASCII transliteration is used for Aramaic words and roots.

Installation

In order to use this library, Node.js should be installed. Then run:

npm install sedrajs --save

Sedrajs JS database files are not available for distribution, by design. Only the un-modified Sedra 3 database files and the conversion scripts are packaged. You have to run the conversion scripts, by running the command above. That will convert Sedra 3 text database and place it in your node_modules folder as:

• sedrajs.esm.js - An ES6 module, suitable for use with module bundlers like rollup or webpack.
• sedrajs.js - A general UMD bundle, suitable for use in any environment (Web browser, Node.js, etc.)
• sedra folder - roots.js, lexemes.js, words.js, english.js etymology.js and ubs.js separated ES6 modules.

The conversion scripts are stored in build/convert directory as:

• convert.js - Un-minified cjs node script.
• convert.min.js - Minified cjs node script
• convert.mjs - ES6 mjs node script - can be run with Node.js 8 and higher

The conversion script package could also be downloaded directly from: https://registry.npmjs.org/sedrajs/-/sedrajs-1.2.9.tgz

More information

Peshitta App

Beth Mardutho

CAL

License

MIT with restrictions

Conversion scripts are covered by MIT license. But the SEDRA 3 database use is restricted according to the terms mentioned below:

        For additional information on the structure of the Database, see
           G. Kiraz, `Automatic Concordance Generation of Syriac Texts',
           in VI Symposium Syriacum 1992, ed. R. Lavenant, Orientalia
           Christiana Analecta 247, Rome, 1994.

        You are allowed to use SEDRA III for personal and academic
        purposes provided that:
        1. You do NOT redistribute any altered versions of the files.
        2. You do NOT redistribute any files for any kind of profit.
        3. You acknowledge in any publication whose results make use of
           SEDRA III, by any means, using a formula similar to the
           following:
          "This work makes use of the Syriac Electronic Data
           Retrieval Archive (SEDRA) by George A. Kiraz, distributed
           by the Syriac Computing Institute."
           You should also cite the paper mentioned above.

Contributing

The final goal for this work is to learn the Word of God as recorded by Peshitta. You are welcomed to improve this implementation or provide feedback. Please feel free to Fork, create a Pull Request or submit Issues.

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Development

npm install

npm run build

Sedra.js API Reference

For the structure of Root, Lexeme, Word, English and Etymology types see Sedra Model

• sedrajs
  • .roots : Array.<Root>
  • .lexemes : Array.<Lexeme>
  • .words : Array.<Word>
  • .english : Array.<English>
  • .etymology : Array.<Etymology>
  • .ubs : Object

sedrajs.roots : Array.<Root>

Array of Root objects created from Sedra 3 root records

Kind: static constant of sedrajs

sedrajs.lexemes : Array.<Lexeme>

Array of Lexeme objects created from Sedra 3 lexeme records

Kind: static constant of sedrajs

sedrajs.words : Array.<Word>

Array of Word objects created from Sedra 3 word records

Kind: static constant of sedrajs

sedrajs.english : Array.<English>

Array of English objects created from Sedra 3 english records

Kind: static constant of sedrajs

sedrajs.etymology : Array.<Etymology>

Array of Etymology objects created from Sedra 3 etymology records

Kind: static constant of sedrajs

sedrajs.ubs : Object

A hierarchical object with books as first level keys, with chapters objects under each book, then verse objects under each chapter and word id arrays as leaves, referencing the actual content for each book.

Kind: static constant of sedrajs

Conversion script API

• convert
  • .convertDb ⇒ Promise
  • .readDb(db, converter) ⇒ Promise.<(string|object)>
  • .writeDb(filePath, content) ⇒ Promise
  • .converter ⇒ string | object

convert.convertDb ⇒ Promise

Read all of Sedra 3 text database and convert it to JavaScript

Kind: static constant of convert
Returns: Promise - Promise for JavaScript database

convert.readDb(db, converter) ⇒ Promise.<(string|object)>

Read Sedra db file asynchronously and returns converted content promise

Kind: static method of convert
Returns: Promise.<(string|object)> - Converted content promise

| Param | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | db | string | Sedra text database file name | | converter | converter | Content converter |

convert.writeDb(filePath, content) ⇒ Promise

Write content asynchronously and return promise

Kind: static method of convert
Returns: Promise - File write promise

| Param | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | filePath | string | File path to write to | | content | converter | File content to save |

convert.converter ⇒ string | object

Sedra db content converter: callback to transform content read from disk.

Kind: static typedef of convert
Returns: string | object - Converted content

| Param | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | content | string | Sedra db text file content |