Storage, retrieval, and editing of information for a dictionary

Richard L. Venezky

American Documentation, 1968, vol. 19, issue 1, 71-79

Abstract: A computer system has been designed for storing, retrieving, and editing data for the Dictionary of American Regional English (D.A.R.E.). This dictionary, in contrast to most commercial dictionaries, will consist of words which have regional rather than national currency and will derive its entries from data collected by its own fieldworkers, readers, and researchers. Entries, consisting of a headword or phrase, plus descriptors for such items as the user, meaning, pronunciation, and collection technique for this word or phrase are stored in a central file. Interrogations on this file can be made on the value of any headword or description, or any logical combination of such values. Any portion of an entry which satisfies an interrogation may be designated for retrieval. An experimental editing system employing an on‐line CRT terminal has been developed for the editing process, although a more flexible system will be needed for the actual editing which is scheduled to begin in approximately three years.

Date: 1968
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