Dear Usama, What happened is you've clicked on the incomplete URL http://ldpddev.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/ddbdp/ which led you to the message you got ; instead you should use the following URL: http://ldpddev.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/ddbdp/ddbdp.pl. It should be OK.
On 10/6/07, Usama Gad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear Rodney, James and Joshua , > > Thanks for the posting, but is there password for the temporary > Columbian DDDBDP ! I always have this message whenever I click on the link > that you have kindly provided. > Access forbidden! > > You don't have permission to access the requested directory. There is > either no index document or the directory is read-protected. > > If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster<[EMAIL > PROTECTED]>. > > Error 403 ldpddev.cul.columbia.edu > Sat Oct 06 07:08:58 2007 > Apache/2.2.6 > > On 10/5/07, Josh Sosin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Dear Colleagues: > > > > We are pleased to announce that the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has > > awarded a grant to Duke University to support integration of the > > DDBDP, APIS, and HGV. Work is already under way, taking place at > > Duke, Columbia, Heidelberg, and the Centre for Computing in the > > Humanities at King's College London. > > > > At the end of the project (August 2008) we aim to release a single, > > stable user interface -- the Papyrological Navigator that was > > demonstrated at the Congress -- to support cross-searching on DDBDP, > > APIS, and HGV. At that point the canonical copy of the DDBDP will no > > longer reside at Perseus, but at Duke (archival) and Columbia (for > > searching). We have posted a lightly redacted copy of the proposal > > that Mellon funded at www.duke.edu/~jds15/DDbDP-APIS- > > HGV_propRedacted.pdf. > > > > In the meantime, we invite you to use a *temporary* DDBDP search > > interface (at http://ldpddev.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/ddbdp/ > > ddbdp.pl). This engine, very kindly given to us by David Mimno > > (University of Massachusetts at Amherst), is not perfect and will not > > be the basis for the interface currently under development, but it > > will tide us over when Perseus is down and until next August. > > > > The temporary interface will undergo *no future development* under > > this current project. Known strengths and weaknesses: > > > > - access to most of the texts entered since PHI7 (the effective > > cut-off for the old Perseus interface; inclusive up to ca. 2003), > > Unicode output > > - it is slow; line numbers are not clearly identified; some > > markup incorrectly rendered on screen; search terms are not > > highlighted within result sets. > > > > Limitations notwithstanding, we are grateful to have use of this > > temporary expedient and look forward to unveiling the next generation > > Papyrological Navigator and an integrated DDBDP-APIS-HGV next summer. > > > > Search tips for users: > > -to search the entire corpus, leave the "Series" box blank > > -if you do not see the searched word(s) on the results page, use > > "Find" in your browsert window (enter Unicode Greek, and remember that > > -eta = "h" on the keypad > > -theta = "q" > > -xi = "c" > > -chi = "x" > > -psi = "y" > > -omega = "w" > > > > All best, > > Joshua Sosin > > James Cowey > > Rodney Ast > > > > > > -- > Best Regards: Usama > > Usama A. Gad > Teaching Assistant, > Department of Ancient European Civilization,Faculty of Arts, > Ain Shams University, > Abbasia-Cairo, Egypt. > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > http://usamagad.blogspot.com -- Magdy A.I Aly Assistant Lecturer, Papyrologist Mansoura University Classics Department Ahmed Maher Street City of Mansoura, Dakahlia Governorate, 35111 Egypt http://mansvu.mans.edu.eg/sitegen/staff/long/index.php?did=349
