@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ So I go to start working on a video game that relies heavily upon procedurally g This project aims to change that. -## File Structure +## Directory Structure The motivation for the file naming system is to keep file size down, especially for the family name section. These data files are separated into 2 sections, given and family names, and then places into files based on the 2 letter prefix of the name. A 1 letter prefix is used as a folder to group files in. Therefore, each section has 26 folders of 26 files each. @@ -27,13 +27,23 @@ Several options are planned or currently available to add names to the db: curr Ensuring a name is represented in the database is as simple as `rake name:given:adam` which will ensure that the adam name has an entry in the db. -## Data file format +## File Structure + +Each data file is a single yaml document, whose root node is sequence. Elements of the sequence can either be scalar string or a single-element mapping that maps a name to a set of meta data. This may be easier to explain with an example: -TODO + --- + - scott #single name with no meta data + - scott: #maps the name scott to the meta data below + gender: male + origin: gaelic + census1990: + frequency: 0.546 + rank: 32 + ## TODO -- Build importer for both 1990 and 2000 census data +- Build importer for both 1990 census data - Build Freebase importer that will take a person article and populate their name into the data files -- Fine some good mythological and historical name lists, such we have data about +- Find some good mythological and historical name lists, such we can have data for creating genre-appropriate names - Add a sqlite compiler that will produce a sqlite database from the input data files README.md 8eb429614cadb3a2d9fe08c30704fd0072cd8832 Scott Fleckenstein nullstyle@gmail.com http://github.com/nullstyle/name-database/commit/4544ffb68bda29eef12d984866c16b39112e8b20 4544ffb68bda29eef12d984866c16b39112e8b20

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update readme 5ce09bfb8a6c99d89b027c7f31b4c455e3c30c69 Scott Fleckenstein nullstyle@gmail.com