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/projects/deb2/ deb@…

Introduction

• Dictionary Writing Systems ​slides
  • Papillon ​web, ​local
  • Longman DPS, ​IDM
  • TshwaneLex ​web, ​local
  • DEB II web

• Introduction to XML, ​www, ​local

Current DEB projects

clients

• DEBDict, web
• DEBVisDic, VisualBrowser
• PRALED, CPA

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>

• 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
• The PoS is changed from textbox to selectbox
• Add several dictionary entries

Locks

When someone is editing the entry, this entry is locked and other users are not able to change it. You can view current locks (and remove them if they are not needed anymore) at the Dictionary management - locks