[Lexicog] Re: XML for dictionaries

[extenza_eps]

Hi Peter:

--- In lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com, Peter Kirk <peterkirk at q...>
wrote:

> Does anyone have any information or experience on XML and similar
> formats, schemas etc for dictionaries?

Try the Text Encoding Initiative, (http://www.tei-c.org), which has
tagsets for both the representation of "print"-style dictionaries and
terminological databases. Although it can appear a little scary at
first (because it's not just designed for dictionaries, but almost
any kind of text imaginable), it's worth investigating.

A good example of a succesful implementation of this is the Anglo-
Norman dictionary at http://and4.anglo-norman.net/. See in particular
http://and4.anglo-norman.net/sitedocs/techbrief1.html for a
discussion of their TEI-conformant digitisation.

Hope that helps,

Stuart


Stuart Brown
Electronic Publishing Manager
Extenza e-Publishing Services, UK







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