Ideas for Better Electronic Dictionaries Miran Željko Government Office for European Affairs
Drawbacks of dictionaries 1. electronic version = book version 2. size of a dictionary: a book 3. limited examples of use 4. infrequent updates 5. distribution medium: CD 6. inefficient protection against unauthorized copying
Improvements of dictionaries 1. electronic version = book version 2. size of a dictionary: a book 3. examples of use 4. infrequent updates 5. distribution medium: CD 6. protection against unauthorized copying
Improvements of dictionaries 1. dictionary as a relational database 2. size of a dictionary: a book 3. examples of use 4. infrequent updates 5. distribution medium: CD 6. protection against unauthorized copying
Improvements of dictionaries 1. dictionary as a relational database fuzzy search 2. size of a dictionary: a book 3. examples of use 4. infrequent updates 5. distribution medium: CD 6. protection against unauthorized copying
Improvements of dictionaries 1. dictionary as a relational database fuzzy search 2. text corpus 3. examples of use 4. infrequent updates 5. distribution medium: CD 6. protection against unauthorized copying
Improvements of dictionaries 1. dictionary as a relational database fuzzy search 2. text corpus 3. integration of dictionary and corpus 4. infrequent updates 5. distribution medium: CD 6. protection against unauthorized copying
Improvements of dictionaries 1. dictionary as a relational database fuzzy search 2. text corpus 3. integration of dictionary and corpus 4. continuous improvements 5. distribution medium: CD 6. protection against unauthorized copying
Improvements of dictionaries 1. dictionary as a relational database fuzzy search 2. text corpus 3. integration of dictionary and corpus 4. continuous improvements 5. distribution medium: Internet 6. protection against unauthorized copying
Improvements of dictionaries 1. dictionary as a relational database fuzzy search 2. text corpus 3. integration of dictionary and corpus 4. continuous improvements 5. distribution medium: Internet 6. protection: digital certificates
Evroterm - 12 languages -fuzzy search - integrated Evroterm + Evrokorpus - weekly updates - location: - public access