|
CRL's Dictionary tool provides users with an integrated and easily accessed interface to a wide variety of on-line fixed reference works. Our multilingual, multi-attribute X-Window text capability is used to format these works to capture and reflect the original printed form, complete with all of the lexicographic markup making these on-line resources at least as useful as their printed counterparts. The result is that language translators and learners are able to use their existing knowledge of how to use these dictionaries. In addition, text is fully integrated with the windowing software so it is easy to copy and paste words and phases found in these resources directly into the user's target documents.
The Dictionary tool's usability is also enhanced by its sophisticated lexical search capability. Word stemming, Spanish morphology, Chinese and Japanese word segmentation and multiple codeset indexing all help to ensure that every lexical form related to your search term is found. The searches are fast -- fast enough that all dictionaries are searched each time enabling the user to see which resources have relevant entries. Searches will be automatically expanded by a fuzzy matching scheme if the initial search fails. Fuzzy expansion can be helpful in cases where the exact form of a search term is not known, or where you may not recall the spelling of term. A wildcard matching capability is also available.
|
Highlights
Configuration
Currently, customers must obtain independent licences for the on-line dictionaries. Configuring the Dictionary tool for a user involves two configuration files. The Norm Data Server (NDS) provides search and retrieval services to the client, so the full range of available dictionaries must be specified for the NDS server in its configuration file. CRL prepares new dictionaries using offline processes which must be added to the NDS configuration file and the server must then be restarted. In a separate configuration file, individual users can specify which dictionaries are searched.
|
