- From: Leonard Will <L.Will@willpowerinfo.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 12:08:35 +0100
- To: public-esw-thes@w3.org
In message <20040501102437.GB20642@homer.w3.org> on Sat, 1 May 2004, Dan Brickley <danbri@w3.org> wrote > >Regarding this specific proposal, it might be worth thinking about >how "an alphabetical list of terms" works in an internationalised >context. Do all scripts (eg. Japanese kanji, kana?) define a sort order? Surely they must if they have dictionaries, catalogues and telephone directories. I'm sure there will be standards for this, but I haven't looked them up. >How about datasets that mix Japanese with English (multilingual >thesauri, etc.)? In a "multilingual thesaurus", i.e. one that provides terms in more than one language to label each concept, you would normally specify which language you wanted to work in and the system would then return the terms in that language. You could extend it, if you wished, so that you could submit a term in one language and ask the system to return the terms in another language or languages that were used for the same concept. Leonard P.S. As I assume that we are all on the <public-esw-thes@w3.org> discussion list, I think it is best not to send duplicate copies to private email addresses, which just need to be checked to see whether they are really duplicates and then deleted. -- Willpower Information (Partners: Dr Leonard D Will, Sheena E Will) Information Management Consultants Tel: +44 (0)20 8372 0092 27 Calshot Way, Enfield, Middlesex EN2 7BQ, UK. Fax: +44 (0)870 051 7276 L.Will@Willpowerinfo.co.uk Sheena.Will@Willpowerinfo.co.uk ---------------- <URL:http://www.willpowerinfo.co.uk/> -----------------
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