If you have terminology that hasn't been integrated into the LexTerm Manager, you can import the terminology by following the instructions for [importing an existing TBX termbase] (#tbx) or manually creating entries. Once your terminology has been entered in the manager, you can access the data by clicking on the "Terminology" link in the top navigation bar to navigate to the terminology view.
The terminology view allows you to view terms across multiple languages. You can also search for specific terms using the search box in the top left. Terms are ordered by their concept id. If you want to add a new term to a concept, copy the concept id for the concept you wish to extend, then click "New Entry" to create a new entry with that concept in another language.
If TBX files are available, they can be a good way to bootstrap the dictionary. Sadly there is not as yet any import functionality for LMF formats. However, you can create new entries and expand the paradigms for existing entries manually. To lookup an entry, use the lex view. The lex view has a search box in the top left corner. This searchbox will filter entries to only those that have a written representation of a form that matches the query. For example, searching for "cats" with match entries with the lemma "cat" so long as there is a form with a value "cats" for that entry. Click on the title of the entry to edit that entry.
If you have terminology that hasn't been integrated into the LexTerm Manager, you can import the terminology by following the instructions for [importing an existing TBX termbase] (#tbx) or manually creating entries. Once your terminology has been entered in the manager, you can access the data by clicking on the "Terminology" link in the top navigation bar to navigate to the terminology view.
The terminology view allows you to view terms and definitions for multiple languages, which is useful as a basic glossary while translating. You can use the search box in the top left to search for various entries. The search box will find entries that have a representation matching the query even if that representation is not the lemma, which means that terms returned may not appear to match the query. However, if you click on a highlighted term, you will be able to view the full paradigm for that term.
- Click "TBX" in the top navigation bar.
- Click "Upload" to upload your TBX file.
- Be patient during the upload, you will be redirected when the upload completes successfully.
Note: the LexTerm Manager only supports properly formated TBX-Basic files.
Warning: Termbases larger than 1mb will take very long to process and may not complete on some servers.
To add a new entry to the LexTerm Manager, click the "New Entry" link in the top navigation bar. Each new entry requires a lemma, which is the primary written representation of a term if you are using the LexTerm Manager for terminology. You may also provide a custom Lexical ID for the entry to reference exising sources of terminology or lexicographic data. If you do not provide a Lexical ID, the system will generate one for you.
All entries require a reference to both a language and a concept. An entry is in essence the manifestation of a particular concept in a particular language.
If the entry is for an existing language, click the button labeled "Language" to select a langauge from the dropdown. Otherwise, you can create a new language by clicking the "+" symbol. This will bring up a New Language dialog with fields for the language name, code, and region code. Every language requires a name, which is the display name of the language (e.g. English). Every language also requires a language code, which can be up to four characters long depending on the part of ISO 639 you wish to use to categorize languages. You may also specify the language as a regional dialect by providing a region code. Click "Save" to save the new language. This will make it available in the Entry language dropdown list.
If the entry is for an existing concept, click the button labeled "Concept" to select a concept from the dropdown. Otherwise, you can create a new concept by clicking the "+" symbol. This will bring up a New Concept dialog. A concept consists of a unique concept id. If you do not know the id of the concept that the entry belongs to, you can click save and have the LexTerm Manager generate a unique concept id for you.
Once you have filled out the various fields, click the "Save" button to create the new entry. Because the entry and all of its various parts will need to be indexed in the search system, it may take several seconds before you will be automatically navigated to the entry view, where you can provide additional information about this entry.
*Note: Once you save the entry, all further modifications are just the same as if you were editing any other entry. You are free to add forms and a definition later. **
All of the various parts of a LexTerm Manager entry can be edited by clicking on an entry link in either the terminology or lex views. Once opened, an entry will display the lemma at the top. Clicking on the "X" in the top right will delete the entry. This does not delete any languages, lexical classes, forms, features, concepts, or subject fields related to that entry. However, it will remove any representations of any forms that comprise the entry. In general, it is not possible to delete other parts of an entry via the LexTerm Manager client.
Clicking on the "+" symbol will open a dialog to create new Language, Lexical Class (Part of Speech), Concept, etc. For example, if no subject fields exist, clicking the "+" next to "Subject Fields" will open a dialog to create a new subject field. After saving the subject field, you can add the subject field to the entry by clicking the "Add Subject Field" button, which displays a dropdown list of available subject fields (warning this list is loaded dynamically from the server so it make take a second or two to populate.)
The "*" symbol is a placeholder. It indicates that the corresponding part of the entry was generated automatically. For example, if the entry was added via a TBX upload, the system will automatically create a "*" lexical class when no Part of Speech information is provided. Also, each entry starts with a "*" form for the lemma. You will need to fill out the lexicographic information (paradigm) for each entry after it is created.
To expand the paradigm for each entry, you need to ensure that the relevant forms and features exist. To add new forms and features, simply click the "+" symbol to open a creation dialog. Forms do not require features, but it is not currently possible to add features to an existing form in the LexTerm manager client. Therefore, it is generally best to create the necessary features before creating a form. The feature creation dialog has create-select widgets that allow you to either select an existing feature type / feature value or create a new one by typing the name of the feature type / feature value and hitting <Enter>. For example, you could select the feature type "Number", assuming that it has been created, and then type "plural" to add the feature type "plural". Then, click save to save this new feature combination. Following the same example, you might create a form with the name "noun-plural" to be used with nouns that have a number feature by entering the name "noun-plural" in the new form dialog field "Name" and selecting the plural feature in the multiselect on the same dialog. To add this new form to the entry, click the "Add Lexical Form" button and select the noun-plural form. This will add a new row to the paradigm with a placeholder (i.e. "*") for the written representation of that form. You can then fill in the written representation of the form and hit <Enter> to save it in the paradigm. Assuming you were working on an entry for the term "cat" in English, the written representation of the noun-plural form would be "cats".
Note: To save most parts of the entry, simply hit <Enter>. Selections are automatically saved. In order to save a definition, you must hit <Enter> while the cursor is inside the definition.
Note: For developers --- All data on the server may be created, retrieved, updated, and deleted via the RESTful API, which has a human readable browseable interface accessible under /api.
In order to view the terminology view, there must be entries for the LexTerm Manager to access. If the "Terminology" link does not appear in the top navigation bar, you need to either manually create entries or import an existing TBX termbase to proceed. Once data has been entered the terminology view becomes available by clicking the "Terminology" link in the top navigation bar.
The terminology view consists of a table of concepts and their representations (i.e. terms) in selected languages. To select a language to view, simply click the box under "Languages" and select a language by name from the dropdown menu. You can also filter concepts by subject field if subject fields have been assigned to concepts (see editing existing entries).
To deselect a language or subject field, simply click the "X" on the language name tag.
Results can be paginated using the pager at the bottom of the terminology view. The left-hand side of the pager is for limiting the number of results in the table, and the right-hand side is for cycling through pages of data when the LexTerm Manager has more entries that match the languages and subject fields selected than the limit.
Clicking on individual terms will navigate to that entries page where you can view lexicographic data about that particular term.
In order to view the lex view, there must be entries for the LexTerm Manager to access. If Lex (Dictionary) does not appear in the top navigation bar, you need to either manually create entries or import an existing TBX termbase to proceed. Once data has been entered the lex view becomes available by clicking Lex (Dictionary) in the top navigation bar.
The lex view consists of a panel for selecting various languages and a list of entries for the language selected. Clicking on the highlighted title (lemma) for any given entry will allow you to edit that entry. Unlike the terminology view, this view shows all of the data for a given entry but does not let you compare concepts across languages.
Results can be paginated using the pager at the bottom of the lex view. The left-hand side of the pager is for limiting the number of results in the table, and the right-hand side is for cycling through pages of data when the LexTerm Manager has more entries that match the language selected than the limit.