Revising dictionaries

14 years of SGML editing experience

Marie Bilde Rasmussen

Gyldendal Publishers, Copenhagen

marie_bilde@gyldendal.dk

Different sizes

Different products

Different languages

•75 dictionaries

•20 different languages

•30 dictionaries in SGML format

•DWS GestorLEX since 1990

Example dictionary

•122.000 entries

•61.000 phrases and idioms

•1st edition 1964

•6th edition 1998

•SGML format 1999

GestorLEX interface

Dane [dein] sb. dansker;

[] Great ~ grand danois.

basic entry structure:

basic entry structure:Head: morphology

basic entry structure:Head: morphology

Body: senses

basic entry structure:Head: morphology

Body: senses

Foot: phrases

Homograph group

Dictionary entry

Headword

Pronunciation

POS

Sense level 2

Sense level 1

Sense level 0

Danish equivalent

Sense level 1

Danish equivalent

Sense level 0

English expression

basic entry structure:

Task: Split up dictionary entries with more than one POS

additive [’æditiv] 1. sb. (in food) additiv, tilsætningsstof; 2. adj. additiv;

[] food ~ madsminke; ~ property (chem.) additiv egenskab.

additive [’æditiv] 1. sb. (in food) additiv, tilsætningsstof; 2. adj. additiv;

[] food ~ madsminke; ~ property (chem.) additiv egenskab.

additive [’æditiv] 1. sb. (in food) additiv, tilsætningsstof; 2. adj. additiv;

[] food ~ madsminke; ~ property (chem.) additiv egenskab.

additive [’æditiv] 1. sb. (in food) additiv, tilsætningsstof; 2. adj. additiv;

[] food ~ madsminke; ~ property (chem.) additiv egenskab.

additive [’æditiv] sb. (in food) additiv, tilsætningsstof;

additive [’æditiv] 1. sb. (in food) additiv, tilsætningsstof; 2. adj. additiv;

[] food ~ madsminke; ~ property (chem.) additiv egenskab.

additive [’æditiv] sb. (in food) additiv, tilsætningsstof;

additive [’æditiv] adj. additiv;

additive [’æditiv] 1. sb. (in food) additiv, tilsætningsstof; 2. adj. additiv;

[];food ~ madsminke; ~ property (chem.) additiv egenskab.

additive [’æditiv] sb. (in food) additiv, tilsætningsstof;

additive [’æditiv] adj. additiv;

[] food ~ madsminke.

[] ~ property additiv egenskab.

Task: search for delimiters in content

phrase

English text

abbreviation

delimiter

or

To specify search and replace profiles, we need:

• regular expressions on element content

• hierachical constraints

• specification on the order of sibling elements

Requirements when revising ”old” material:

• Keyboard short cuts for structural navigation

• Powerful search and replace functionality• Easy access to change the dictionary

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