Keywords

Lushootseed language resources, XML format, Kirrkirr dictionary browser, Visualization tool, Dictionary data conversion

Abstract

Ongoing efforts to annotate and web-enable Lushootseed language resources involve displaying complex dictionary information in ways suitable for diverse users. In this paper we discuss how we have converted dictionary data from its legacy format into a best-practice, state-of-the-art XML format. We also describe how we have been able to further leverage this XML data by making it compatible with Kirrkirr, a new dictionary browser designed to display dictionary information for Australian aboriginal languages. We sketch the process in adapting the dictionary browser to make it a very workable visualization tool for Lushootseed data as well. We also explain and demonstrate how Kirrkirr displays the various types of Lushootseed data, and we document some of the issues and difficulties inherent in using Kirrkirr as a visualizer for the Lushootseed data.

Original Publication Citation

Dawn Bates and Deryle Lonsdale (2010). Recovering and updating legacy dictionary data. Papers for the 44th Annual International Conference on Salish and Neighboring Languages,Missoula, MT. (Eds. Joel Dunham and John Lyon), University of British Columbia WorkingPapers in Linguistics Vol 27, pp. 1-12.