I'm doing my dissertation 'Representing Crosswords using XML
technology'.  I have created the code using XSLT, XSQL, XML etc.  Now
its just the write up.  I'm looking for content for my Bibliography
(Books, Websites, Articles, Journals) etc.


Please include:
-------------------
Crossword history
Crossword creation (pattens & clues)
Crossword setters
Crossword solving

Thanks

I think your tutor is being sarcastic

Try representing the crossword puzzle as a 2D matrix of records
- remember 17 down and 17 across might be valid
- consider the fields for a cell in a crossword

Then for no good reason turn it into XML
- and back again

Either your tutor is very smart, or he is very dim.
XML just represents nested records
- personally I don't use it, we 'discovered it in 1990' and found it
handy for certain applications - but not for most.

Hi, thanks for adding your comment.  I have alreay made the code for
all this to work, its just the crossword knowledge (creation etc) I
need now.

I'm using previously made crosswords (http://tinyurl.com/nb268) then
using my own XSLT pages (http://tinyurl.com/oxddx) to generate the
sql/layout etc.

Process here:
XML Crosswords -> XSLT -> SQL -> MySQL Db -> XSQL -> XSLT - > XHTML

PS - Sadly cannot use matrix/arrays with XSLT :(

This puzzle is thought to be the world's first crossword:
http://thinks.com/crosswords/first2.htm

An explanation can be found here:
http://thinks.com/crosswords/first1.htm


Try doing a web search for the name "Will Shortz." He's the crossword
puzzle editor for the New York Times. He's given many interviews over
the years, and some of them include puzzle-making and puzzle-solving
tips. A bit of Shortz trivia: He's the first person to get a
university degree in crossword puzzles.

Also search for the word "cruciverbalist."

G'luck,
dtc

thanks dtc, much appreciated.
found this too:
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0856331.html