VisDic XML format

XML files in VisDic consist of tags and their values. Value of the TAG tag is enclosed in strings <TAG> and </TAG>. Tags can be nested, which means that each tag can contain another tag. White characters like spaces, tabs and new-lines at the start or at the end of each tag value are trimmed. However, XML files parsed by VisDic are quite different from the common ones in these points:

• XML dictionaries contain entries. Each entry is in fact represented by one small XML file. There is no tag enclosing the whole dictionary.
• XML tag has no attributes.

Example of one Wordnet synset:

<SYNSET>
 <ID>ENG21-00001740-n</ID>
 <POS>n</POS>
 <SYNONYM>
  <LITERAL>entity<SENSE>1</SENSE></LITERAL>
 </SYNONYM>
 <DEF>that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)</DEF>
 <BCS>2</BCS>
 <DOMAIN>factotum</DOMAIN>
</SYNSET>