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D-square Digital Databases and Tools for Dutch Regional Dictionaries Folkert de Vriend - Methods XII, Moncton, Canada, 2005 -
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Topics Introduction dictionaries Overview of project phases Conversion End user access
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1.Agricultural terminology 2.Other technical or craft terminologies 3.Common vocabulary Macrostructure WBD & WLD
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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
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Example of WBD entry, volume 3
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1.Conversion to a new format 2.End user access to data 3.Enrichment of data 4.Data management Overview phases D-square
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Phase 1: Conversion to a new format
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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
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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)
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The maybug again…
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Data for “maybug” from database
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Example XML-encoding Meikever Bakkertje Bakkerke bakkərkə K178 …
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Example from WALD
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XML-encoding for WALD Hals Hals Gor Harf Alf Eef... Kael Gor Eef Wich Gen...
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Example from WZD
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XML-encoding for WZD de haard 'aerd (d'n) Z.eil Z.V.W. L.v.Ax Hlt... êêrd Z.V.W.
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Phase 2: end user access
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The trouble with linking At the conceptual level
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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)
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The trouble with linking At the conceptual level At the level of the variants
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The maybug again (WVD)…
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…and again (WBD)
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Information about D-square www.ru.nl/dialect/d2
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Questions?
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