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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: Re: Markup of Thesaurus [maybe off-topic]
On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> wrote: > / Trevor Jenkins <trevor.jenkins@suneidesis.com> was heard to say: > | This posting maybe off topic for this list, if so forgive me and try to > | point me to the right place. But after looking through DB:TDG I can't find > | anything in DocBook that I can use to markup thesaurus files. That is > | thesaurus lists as used by information scientists (as per BS 5723:1987 aka > | ANSI/NIST Z39.19-1993 aka ISO 2788-1986) rather than simple synonym lists > | like Roget's Thesaurus. > > None of those standards rings a bell. Can you point us to some > examples of this sort of thesaurus? An example from the British Museum can be found at: http://www.mda.org.uk/bmobj/Objintro.htm and includes some comments upon the organisation of such a thesaurus. Example entries can be viewed at http://www.mda.org.uk/bmobj/Obthess2.htm which shows immediately the type of material to be processed. Regards, Trevor British Sign Language is not inarticulate handwaving; it's a living language. Support the campaign for formal recognition by the British government now! Details at http://www.fdp.org.uk/ or http://www.bsl-march.co.uk/ -- <>< Re: deemed!
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