[topicmapmail] Dictionary

[W.M. Jaworski]

Bob,
Thanks!

[bp]
If you are referring to the concept list in the back of the 21st
Century Thesaurus, developed by Barbara Kipfer?  First, those concept
lists group words into very broad categories, without reference to
the diverse meanings of the words.

[wmj]
Yes, I do.
It seems (to me :-)) that the Kipfer's index references "diverse meanings of
the words'. There are also references - from the ~500,000 synonyms (for ex.
human, body) in the Thesaurus - to the concepts in the Kipfer's Index.
As usually we are faced with different
(1) content (for instance, ROGET's could be expanded),
(2) representation of content (for instance TM or others)
(3) visualization of content - sky is a limit by elegant (2) helps :-).

To understand the content, I am forcing myself to transform (1) into (2).
Visit http://www.gen-strategies.com/builder/draft003.htm to see such
transformation of Kipfer's index.  Knowing the content you should follow the
notation :-).

Regards
W.

PS Thanks for the attachments.


-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Parks [mailto:bobp@lightlink.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 9:19 AM
To: W.M. Jaworski
Subject: RE: [topicmapmail] Dictionary


Dear WMJ,
You wrote:
>[wmj]
>How your conceptual (automatic) index differs from ROGET'S 21st Century
>Concept (paper)  Index?
If you are referring to the concept list in the back of the 21st
Century Thesaurus, developed by Barbara Kipfer?  First, those concept
lists group words into very broad categories, without reference to
the diverse meanings of the words. The Wordsmyth dictionary, on the
other hand, has an integrated thesaurus, so the synonyms are given at
the sense level.  Second, we have developed some material for
children, called "Word Explorer".  A few pages are attached.
Regards,
Bob Parks
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