Import/Export of Shoebox files.

This package contains classes for the import and export of Shoebox and Toolbox files.

Shoebox header information.

A shoeboxfile starts with the following line:
\_sh vN.0 MMM xxx,
where N is either 3 or 4,
MMM is a three digit number,
xxx stands for a typfile called xxx.typ.

The meaning of N and MMM is unclear.
The parser ignores all information from the first line, and the user has to specify the location of the typfile.

Introduction of new tiers

Three tiers have a special meaning for the parser and are created when a shoeboxfile is written back from EUDICO for the first time. These are:
  1. \eudicop -- the participant (speaker) of this shoebox block.
  2. \eudicot0 -- the begin time of this shoebox block in seconds
  3. \eudicot1 -- the end time of this shoebox block in seconds

The Datatypes for these tiers are:
  1. \eudicop -- [String]
  2. \eudicot0 --[long]
  3. \eudicot1 --[long]
Example values:
  1. \eudicop -- Peter
  2. \eudicot0 --1
  3. \eudicot0 --1.0
  4. \eudicot1 --3.13
It is assumed, that time-linking of Shoebox formatted files will be done on block level only. Time-linking information on annotation level is lost when saving to a Shoebox file.
MK:02/08/02