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1 D-square Digital Databases and Tools for Dutch Regional Dictionaries Folkert de Vriend - Methods XII, Moncton, Canada, 2005 -

2 Topics Introduction dictionaries Overview of project phases Conversion End user access

3 1.Agricultural terminology 2.Other technical or craft terminologies 3.Common vocabulary Macrostructure WBD & WLD

4 Linguistic information in entries: Phonetic (vol. I&II) or lexical (vol. III) variant Heteronym (functions as headword) Lexical meaning (word, or description of a concept) Non-linguistic information in entries: Place name Microstructure WBD & WLD

5 Example of WBD entry, volume 3

6 1.Conversion to a new format 2.End user access to data 3.Enrichment of data 4.Data management Overview phases D-square

7 Phase 1: Conversion to a new format

8 Deel III MS-Word Editors/ManagementUsersEditors/ManagementUsers AnalogDigital Analog (parts of) Vol. I+II MS-Word Filing cards Website WBD/WLD with tools for searching and cartography Enriched data XML Raw data FileM Pro (parts of) Vol. I+II MacWrite Questionnaires Nijmegen and Leuven Questionnaires (chiefly) Meertens Raw data Vol. I + II Vol. III Edited data Specialized print editions (dialect atlas or local dictionary) Online DB WBD (Polderland) Edited data XML Vol. III FileM Pro SGV on CD (Polderland) Vol. III

9 Reasoning behind new encoding XML, not relational database Tailored to WBD and WLD Flexible enough to be used for other dialect dictionaries Standards: ISO TC 37/SC 4 DCR and LMF. (DCR = flat concept registries)

10 The maybug again…

11 Data for “maybug” from database

12 Example XML-encoding Meikever Bakkertje Bakkerke bakkərkə K178 …

13 Example from WALD

14 XML-encoding for WALD Hals Hals Gor Harf Alf Eef... Kael Gor Eef Wich Gen...

15 Example from WZD

16 XML-encoding for WZD de haard 'aerd (d'n) Z.eil Z.V.W. L.v.Ax Hlt... êêrd Z.V.W.

17 Phase 2: end user access

18 The trouble with linking At the conceptual level

19 Existing ontology can be used OntologyConcept field in Dictionaries Elbow Finger Nail Hand Palm “Word in standard language” (WLD/WBD/WVD) “Word in language of the dialect” (Achterh.+Lie) “Picture” (Achterh.+Lie)

20 The trouble with linking At the conceptual level At the level of the variants

21 The maybug again (WVD)…

22 …and again (WBD)

23 Information about D-square www.ru.nl/dialect/d2

24 Questions?


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