From TshwaneLex to TshwanePedia: Creating and Flexibly Maintaining Online Encyclopaedias

Abstract

Abstract:The addition of a restricted number of features to the dictionary (compilation) software TshwaneLex suffices to turn this application into a tool for the creation and maintenance of encyclopaedias. This article gives a brief overview of those extra features, using the online encyclopaedia of the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) as case study.

From TshwaneLex to TshwaneTerm: Tailoring Terminology Management for South Africa

“…This article is a sequel to De Schryver and Joffe's (2005a) 'From TshwaneLex to TshwanePedia', in which it is pointed out that the high degree of customisability found in the dictionary (compilation) software TshwaneLex may be exploited for the production of a wide variety of reference works. The variety under discussion here are terminology lists, and by extension the move from an environment to compile dictionaries with, TshwaneLex, to a terminology management system, TshwaneTerm.…”