Without wishing to pre-empt Richard's response, an XML version would make it
easier to render the thesaurus in a variety of formats (e.g. html), would
enable the thesaurus to be imported and exported from XML enabled software
and would also provide a stable archiving medium.
Best wishes,
Matthew
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask]
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Lee, Edmund
> Sent: 17 April 2000 09:29
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: RE: Alpha version of the Timeline thesaurus available
>
>
> Thanks for the offer Richard,
>
> If you have time could you let us (ie the e-conference) know what the
> advantages of an XML format would be for thesaurus
> dissemination? Clearly
> XML is an up-and-coming technology that it would be useful for the
> conference to know more about.
>
> The thesauri are stored in four related tables within our
> bespoke ORACLE
> database. Our only alternative format would be an extract
> from these tables,
> but, given that they make heaby use of unique identity
> numbers rather than
> actual terms, I suspect a lot of work would be needed to make
> them clear for
> review purposes.
>
> Edmund
>
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