profile: Lexical Semantics

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3824

Identifier: antonym   Type: simple   Origin:    Profiles: Private, Lexical Semantics

Definition: relation which expresses the opposite meaning
Source: from the LDCE

Language sections: English, French

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3686

Identifier: antonym_vernacular   Type: complex/open   Origin: Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html   Profiles: Private, Lexicography, Terminology, Lexical Semantics, Language Codes

Definition: Used to reference an antonym of the lexeme, but using the lf (lexical function) field for this is better practice.
Source: Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html

Data type: string

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3693

Identifier: definition_English   Type: complex/open   Origin: Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html   Profiles: Private, Lexicography, Language Codes, Multilingual Information Management, Lexical Semantics

Definition: Used to fully express the semantic domains of each sense of a lexeme in English. May be verbose. Other fields (ee, ue, and oe) provide for expanded information. Should contain 1) the bundle of semantic distinctive features necessary and sufficient to describe its core meaning, and 2) the range of denotation of the lexeme. Generally, no initial capital is used.
Source: Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html

Data type: string

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3709

Identifier: definition_national   Type: complex/open   Origin: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html   Profiles: Private, Lexicography, Language Codes, Multilingual Information Management, Lexical Semantics

Definition: Used to fully express the semantic domains of each sense of a lexeme in the national language. May be verbose. Other fields (en, un, and on) provide for expanded information. Should contain 1) the bundle of semantic distinctive features necessary and sufficient to describe its core meaning, and 2) the range of denotation of the lexeme. Generally, no initial capital is used.
Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html

Data type: string

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3710

Identifier: definition_regional   Type: complex/open   Origin: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html   Profiles: Private, Lexicography, Language Codes, Multilingual Information Management, Lexical Semantics

Definition: Used to fully express the semantic domains of each sense of a lexeme in the regional language. May be verbose. Other fields (er, ur, and or) provide for expanded information. Should contain 1) the bundle of semantic distinctive features necessary and sufficient to describe its core meaning, and 2) the range of denotation of the lexeme. Generally, no initial capital is used.
Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html

Data type: string

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3695

Identifier: Definition_vernacular   Type: complex/open   Origin: Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html   Profiles: Private, Lexicography, Language Codes, Lexical Semantics

Definition: The hardest of all fields to fill in. It requires the researcher to explain, in the vernacular, what the salient concepts are that this "unit of meaning" captures -- from a native speaker's perspective. Obviously not easy and something usually left to much later.
Source: Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html

Data type: string

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3697

Identifier: encyclopedic_info_English   Type: complex/open   Origin: Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html   Profiles: Private, Lexicography, Language Resource Ontology, Language Codes, Multilingual Information Management, Lexical Semantics

Definition: This field crosses over with the de, ue, and oe fields, but is intended for more verbose explanations of the headword (for each sense). The researcher should use this field to encode any additional information needed by a non-native speaker to understand and use this lexeme properly. Use capitalization and punctuation as needed.
Source: Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html

Data type: string

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3699

Identifier: encyclopedic_info_national   Type: complex/open   Origin: Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html   Profiles: Private, Lexicography, Language Resource Ontology, Language Codes, Multilingual Information Management, Lexical Semantics

Definition: The national language equivalent to the ee field. It should cover any information that provides a more complete knowledge-base on the lexeme. Use capitalization and punctuation as needed.
Source: Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html

Data type: string

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3700

Identifier: encyclopedic_info_regional   Type: complex/open   Origin: Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html   Profiles: Private, Lexicography, Language Resource Ontology, Language Codes, Multilingual Information Management, Lexical Semantics

Definition: The regional language equivalent to the ee field. It should cover any information that provides a more complete knowledge-base on the lexeme. Use capitalization and punctuation as needed.
Source: Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html

Data type: string

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3705

Identifier: encyclopedic_info_vernacular   Type: complex/open   Origin: Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html   Profiles: Private, Lexicography, Language Codes, Language Resource Ontology, Lexical Semantics

Definition: This field contains the vernacular description of any pertinent encyclopedic information related to the lexeme or headword, subentry, or sense. This is intended for use in a monolingual dictionary, but can be used in diglot and triglot dictionaries as well. Use capitalization and punctuation as needed.
Source: Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html

Data type: string

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3778

Identifier: example_vernacular   Type: complex/open   Origin: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html   Profiles: Private, Lexicography, Semantic Content Representation, Language Codes, Lexical Semantics

Definition: Used to give an example or illustrative sentence in the vernacular to exemplify each separate sense and demonstrate legitimacy of translation equivalents. Should be short and natural. Use capitalization and punctuation as needed.
Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html

Data type: string

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3775

Identifier: example_free_translation_English   Type: complex/open   Origin: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html   Profiles: Private, Lexicography, Translation, Semantic Content Representation, Language Codes, Multilingual Information Management, Lexical Semantics

Definition: English translation of the example sentence given in the xv field. Use capitalization and punctuation as needed.
Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html

Data type: string

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3776

Identifier: example_free_translation_national   Type: complex/open   Origin: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html   Profiles: Private, Lexicography, Translation, Semantic Content Representation, Language Codes, Multilingual Information Management, Lexical Semantics

Definition: National language translation of the example sentence given in the xv field. Use capitalization and punctuation as needed.
Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html

Data type: string

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3777

Identifier: example_free_translation_regional   Type: complex/open   Origin: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html   Profiles: Private, Lexicography, Translation, Semantic Content Representation, Language Codes, Multilingual Information Management, Lexical Semantics

Definition: Regional language translation of the example sentence given in the xv field. Use capitalization and punctuation as needed.
Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html

Data type: string

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3711

Identifier: gloss_national   Type: complex/open   Origin: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html   Profiles: Private, Lexicography, Language Codes, Terminology, Multilingual Information Management, Lexical Semantics, Translation

Definition: Intended for interlinear morpheme-level glossing. Join multi-word glosses with (_), e.g. wild_boar; use (space semicolon space) for multiple glosses, e.g. hut ; house ; shack. The contents are used for reversing the dictionary if an n field is not present (or is present but empty). Also used as a national language definition in a formatted dictionary if there is no dn field (or it is present but empty).
Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html

Data type: string

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3712

Identifier: gloss_regional   Type: complex/open   Origin: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html   Profiles: Private, Lexicography, Language Codes, Multilingual Information Management, Lexical Semantics, Translation

Definition: Intended for interlinear morpheme-level glossing. Join multi-word glosses with (_), e.g. wild_boar; use (space semicolon space) for multiple glosses, e.g. hut ; house ; shack. Since MDF does not create a reversed index for the regional language, this field is not used for this. But the contents of this field are used as a regional language definition in a formatted dictionary if there is no dr field (or it is present but empty).
Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html

Data type: string

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3713

Identifier: gloss_vernacular   Type: complex/open   Origin: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html   Profiles: Private, Lexicography, Language Codes, Lexical Semantics

Definition: This field is available for developing a monolingual dictionary. While somewhat meaningless (a vernacular gloss for a vernacular word), this is a useful place to store the explanations a researcher is given by a language assistant concerning the meaning of the headword or lexeme. Later these will be formulated into a more exact definition and transfer to the dv field.
Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html

Data type: string

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3715

Identifier: index_of_semantics_English   Type: complex/open   Origin: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html   Profiles: Private, Lexicography, Lexical Semantics, Semantic Content Representation, Language Resource Ontology, Multilingual Information Management

Definition: Used to catalog lexical entries according to an etic (published) list of possible semantic domains. Sorting on this field would then gather semantically related entries. Use a Range Set.
Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html

Data type: string

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3717

Identifier: lexical_function_gloss_English   Type: complex/open   Origin: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html   Profiles: Private, Lexicography, Semantic Content Representation, Language Codes, Multilingual Information Management, Lexical Semantics, Translation

Definition: This is for giving the English gloss of the vernacular lexeme referenced by the lexical function.
Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html

Data type: string

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3719

Identifier: lexical_function_gloss_national   Type: complex/open   Origin: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html   Profiles: Private, Lexicography, Lexical Semantics, Semantic Content Representation, Language Codes, Multilingual Information Management, Translation

Definition: This is for giving the national language gloss of the vernacular lexeme referenced by the lexical function.
Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html

Data type: string

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3720

Identifier: lexical_function_gloss_regional   Type: complex/open   Origin: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html   Profiles: Private, Lexicography, Lexical Semantics, Semantic Content Representation, Language Codes, Multilingual Information Management, Translation

Example: This is for giving the regional language gloss of the vernacular lexeme referenced by the lexical function.
Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html

Data type: string

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3718

Identifier: lexical_function_label_English   Type: complex/open   Origin: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html   Profiles: Private, Lexicography, Lexical Semantics, Language Resource Ontology, Language Codes, Multilingual Information Management

Definition: Used to encode the semantic networks of a language. For consistency, a Range Set should be maintained on the lexical function labels used. When formatted by MDF, these labels can be modified (and even translated) by MDF's Audience CC tables.
Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html

Data type: string

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3722

Identifier: lexical_function_value_vernacular   Type: complex/open   Origin: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html   Profiles: Private, Semantic Content Representation, Lexicography, Lexical Semantics, Language Codes

Definition: Used for the vernacular lexeme in a lexical function network. The lv field "points to" the vernacular lexeme (a morpheme, word, or phrase) that is semantically related to the current headword as mapped or cataloged by the label in the lf field.
Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html

Data type: string

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3826

Identifier: Lexicon_Language_Status   Type: complex/closed   Origin: Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html   Profiles: Private, Metadata, Semantic Content Representation, Lexicography, Multilingual Information Management, Lexical Semantics

Definition: The function of a language in a lexical resource (resouce internal function: a vernacular language as a target language of a linguistic description; a metalanguage of a linguistic description, normally a language of broader spreading, e.g. English) or in a language speaking community (resource external function: a national language as a state or official language of a vernacular language speaking community; a regional language as a language of communication in a certain geographic area).
Source: elicitated from the philosophy of the MDF format: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html

Data type: string

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notes (anthropology)

notes (anthropology); admitted name

notes (anthropology); Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html ; data element name

na; Source: MDF; data element name

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3725

Identifier: notes_anthropology   Type: complex/open   Origin: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html   Profiles: Private, Lexicography, Semantic Content Representation, Language Codes, Lexical Semantics

Definition: For any ethnographic note pertinent to the lexeme that you want separate from general notes. Capitalization and punctuation should be used as needed.
Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html

Data type: string

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notes (discourse)

notes (discourse); admitted name

notes (discourse); Source: For any ethnographic note pertinent to the lexeme that you want separate from general notes. Capitalization and punctuation should be used as needed. ; data element name

nd; Source: MDF; data element name

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3726

Identifier: notes_discourse   Type: complex/open   Origin:    Profiles: Private, Lexicography, Lexical Semantics, Semantic Content Representation, Language Codes

Definition: For any discourse/text analysis note pertinent to the lexeme that you want separate from general notes. Capitalization and punctuation should be used as needed.
Source: For any ethnographic note pertinent to the lexeme that you want separate from general notes. Capitalization and punctuation should be used as needed.

Data type: string

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notes (general)

notes (general); admitted name

notes (general); Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html ; data element name

nt; Source: MDF; data element name

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3731

Identifier: notes_general   Type: complex/open   Origin: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html   Profiles: Private, Metadata, Lexicography, Semantic Content Representation, Language Codes, Lexical Semantics

Definition: A generic dump for all personal notes about an entry, subentry, or sense. More specific note fields provide a finer differentiation to one's notes: p (phonology), g (grammar), d (discourse), a (anthropology), s (sociolinguistics), and q (questions). All "note fields" should use capitalization and punctuation as needed.
Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html

Data type: string

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semantic domain (English)

semantic domain (English); admitted name

semantic domain (English); Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html ; data element name

sd; Source: MDF; data element name

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3755

Identifier: semantic_domain_English   Type: complex/open   Origin: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html   Profiles: Private, Semantic Content Representation, Lexicography, Lexical Semantics, Language Codes

Definition: The English version of the h field and probably the one to use first. Differentiate and catalog the semantic domains of an entry, being careful to not let the English force or mask the vernacular relations. Moving to the vernacular terms (given in h field) as early as possible is best. Use a Range Set.
Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html

Data type: string

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synonym (vernacular)

synonym (vernacular); admitted name

synonym (vernacular); Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html ; data element name

sy; Source: MDF; data element name

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3761

Identifier: synonym_vernacular   Type: complex/open   Origin: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html   Profiles: Private, Syntax, Lexical Semantics, Language Codes

Definition: Used to reference a synonym of the lexeme, but using the lf (lexical function) field for this is better practice.
Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html

Data type: string

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thesaurus (vernacular)

thesaurus (vernacular); admitted name

thesaurus (vernacular); Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html ; data element name

th; Source: MDF; data element name

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3763

Identifier: thesaurus_vernacular   Type: complex/open   Origin: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html   Profiles: Private, Semantic Content Representation, Lexicography, Lexical Semantics

Definition: Used for developing a vernacular-based thesaurus. It is to be labeled with the vernacular term governing the semantic domain of the entry. Sorting on this field (within Shoebox) would yield a vernacular thesaurus. Use a Range Set.
Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html

Data type: string

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usage (English)

usage (English); admitted name

usage (English); Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html ; data element name

ue; Source: MDF; data element name

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3764

Identifier: usage_English   Type: complex/open   Origin: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html   Profiles: Private, Lexicography, Language Codes, Multilingual Information Management, Lexical Semantics

Definition: This field should cover, in English, such information as common usage, or restrictions in usage (such as taboos) that is needed so a non-native speaker can use this lexeme properly. Use capitalization and punctuation as needed.
Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html

Data type: string

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usage (national)

usage (national); admitted name

usage (national); Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html ; data element name

un; Source: MDF; data element name

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3781

Identifier: usage_national   Type: complex/open   Origin: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html   Profiles: Private, Lexicography, Language Codes, Multilingual Information Management, Lexical Semantics

Definition: This field should cover, in the national language, such information as common usage, or restrictions in usage (such as taboos) that is needed so a non-native speaker can use this lexeme properly. Use capitalization and punctuation as needed.
Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html

Data type: string

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usage (regional)

usage (regional); admitted name

usage (regional); Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html ; data element name

ur; Source: MDF; data element name

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3782

Identifier: usage_regional   Type: complex/open   Origin: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html   Profiles: Private, Lexicography, Language Codes, Multilingual Information Management, Lexical Semantics

Definition: This field should cover, in the regional language, such information as common usage, or restrictions in usage (such as taboos) that is needed so a non-native speaker can use this lexeme properly. Use capitalization and punctuation as needed.
Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html

Data type: string

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usage (vernacular)

usage (vernacular); admitted name

usage (vernacular); Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html ; data element name

uv; Source: MDF; data element name

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3767

Identifier: usage_vernacular   Type: complex/open   Origin: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html   Profiles: Private, Lexicography, Language Codes, Lexical Semantics

Definition: This field contains the vernacular description of common usage, or restrictions in usage (such as taboos) that is needed to describe the lexeme more fully. Intended for use in a monolingual dictionary, but can be used in diglot and triglot dictionaries as well. Use capitalization and punctuation as needed.
Source: Coward, David F. & Grimes, Charles E. (2000). Making Dictionaries: A guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter. Waxhaw, North Carolina: SIL International (1st ed. 1995). URL: http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_2000.pdf http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF_Updates.html

Data type: string

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value

value; standardized name

PID: http://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-1978

Identifier: value   Type: complex/open   Origin:    Profiles: Sign Language, Translation, Lexical Semantics, Lexical Resources, Multilingual Information Management, Terminology, Language Codes, Lexicography, Language Resource Ontology, Syntax, Semantic Content Representation, Metadata, Morphosyntax

Definition: Generic name for a value.
Source:

Language sections: English, French

Data type: string

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	Name	type
1	antonym	simple
2	antonym (vernacular)	complex/open
3	definition (English)	complex/open
4	definition (national)	complex/open
5	definition (regional)	complex/open
6	definition (vernacular)	complex/open
7	encyclopedic infomation (English)	complex/open
8	encyclopedic infomation (national)	complex/open
9	encyclopedic infomation (regional)	complex/open
10	encyclopedic information (vernacular)	complex/open
11	example (vernacular)	complex/open
12	example free translation (English)	complex/open
13	example free translation (national)	complex/open
14	example free translation (regional)	complex/open
15	gloss (national)	complex/open
16	gloss (regional)	complex/open
17	gloss (vernacular)	complex/open
18	index of semantics (English)	complex/open
19	lexical function gloss (English)	complex/open
20	lexical function gloss (national)	complex/open
21	lexical function gloss (regional)	complex/open
22	lexical function label (English)	complex/open
23	lexical function value (vernacular)	complex/open
24	lexicon language status	complex/closed
25	notes (anthropology)	complex/open
26	notes (discourse)	complex/open
27	notes (general)	complex/open
28	semantic domain (English)	complex/open
29	synonym (vernacular)	complex/open
30	thesaurus (vernacular)	complex/open
31	usage (English)	complex/open
32	usage (national)	complex/open
33	usage (regional)	complex/open
34	usage (vernacular)	complex/open
35	value	complex/open