Dictionary Editor and Browser - How to make your own electronic dictionary

Aleš Horák and Adam Rambousek, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Czech Republic

European Masters in Language and Speech, 8th Summer School

​http://nlp.fi.muni.cz/projekty/deb2/ deb@…

DEBVisDic

install, edit synsets

DEBVisDic Manual

Dictionary Management

Open ​https://didone.fi.muni.cz:8000/ (login and password: emls)

nejake predstaveni

Create dictionary

Dictionary XML schema is preset to:

<element name="entry">
        <element name="headword">
                <text/>
        </element>
        <oneOrMore>
                <element name="def">
                        <text/>
                </element>
        </oneOrMore>
        <oneOrMore>
                <element name="synonym" >
                        <text/>
                </element>
        </oneOrMore>

        <optional>
                <element name="grammar_note">
                        <text/>
                        <attribute name="pos">
                                <text/>
                        </attribute>
                </element>
                <element name="pronounce">
                        <text/>
                </element>
                <element name="origin">
                        <text/>
                </element>
        </optional>
        <element name="author">
                <text/>
        </element>
</element>

• Go to generate web service
• Choose your dictionary from the list emls1-5
• Click run button
• Go to ​https://didone.fi.muni.cz:8001/
• Click on the link for your dictionary
• Add several dictionary entries

Dictionary change

• PoS could be better as selectbox
• Go to dictionaries
• Find emlsx dictionary
• Change XML schema. Replace current PoS definition

  <attribute name="pos">
      <text/>
  </attribute>
  

with the new one

<attribute name="pos">
     <choice>
         <value>n</value>
         <value>v</value>
         <value>a</value>
         <value>b</value>
      </choice>
</attribute>