XDXF

XDXF

Filename extension	.xdxf
Internet media type	application/xml
Developed by	Initial development by Sergey Singov, later by Leonid Soshinskiy
Initial release	10 September 2006 (2006-09-10)
Latest release	rev.31 (May 29, 2012 (2012-05-29))
Type of format	XML dictionary format
Open format?	Yes
Website	github.com/soshial/xdxf_makedict/tree/master/format_standard

makedict

Developer(s)	mrcoder1234, kubtek
Initial release	10 September 2006 (2006-09-10)
Stable release	0.4 / January 13, 2010 (2010-01-13)
Preview release	0.4.1-beta1 / 2012 (2012)
Written in	C++
Platform	Cross-platform
Type	dictionary converter
License	GNU GPL
Website	github.com/soshial/xdxf_makedict

XDXF (XML Dictionary eXchange Format) is a project to unite all existing open dictionaries and provide both users and developers with universal XML-based format, convertible from and to other popular formats like Mova, PtkDic, StarDict.

Available dictionaries

As of December 15, 2006 XDXF project repository contains 615 dictionaries, which have in total 936,189,613 byte compressed size and 24,804,355 articles

Software

GUIs

XDXF file format is used by Atlantida, WiseDict, mDictionary on Maemo and MeeGo platform, Alpus, SimpleDict, GoldenDict and Stardict fork. Stardict starting with version 2.4.6 has basic support for XDXF.

Converters

Project has converters from DSL and Atlantida formats, and a "many to many" converter tool makedict.

Alternatives

The dicML markup languages serve a similar purpose. Currently, 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.

External links

• Project site
• XDXF dictionaries repository
• XDXF Standard
• Manual and description of XDXF format
• Free, OpenSource, Multi-Language Scrabble Game using XDXF
• Easy XDXF Dictionary – Free dictionary for Iphone
• XDXF dictionary for Maemo and MeeGo