Numbering grammatical homonyms

[anacastrosalgado]

In Portuguese Academy Dictionary, I have grammatical homonyms and I have to number the entry.

What's the best way to encode the number? Using <lbl> or <num>?

capital:1 adj. m. e f. capital:2 n. f.

     <entry xml:id="DACL.CAPITAL:1" xml:lang="pt">
               <form type="lemma">
                  <orth>capital</orth>
                  <lbl>:1</lbl>

   <entry xml:id="DACL.CAPITAL:2" xml:lang="pt">
               <form type="lemma">
                  <orth>capital</orth>
                  <lbl>:2</lbl>

[xlhrld]

As this really serves as a label that just happens to come in the form of a number (could be a letter or some other character as well) I'd opt for lbl like you propose. I'd separate the punctuation from it with pc, though. I'd also try to keep the whitespace in sync with the print but YMMV:

<form type="lemma">
  <orth>capital</orth><pc>:</pc>
  <lbl>1</lbl>
  <gramGrp>
    <gram type="partOfSpeech">adj.</gram>
    <gram type="gender">m. e f.</gram>
  </gramGrp>
</form>

Using form/@n="1" for the homonym marker may also be an option if you do not necessarily have or want to keep it as a text node.

[anacastrosalgado]

@xlhrld I agree with you. It could be a letter, a symbol or some other character. @ttasovac, do you agree on using lbl?

I'm not using , but I'll change it. Thanks.

[anacastrosalgado]

Like this? If the purpose is to simplify, I think I'm complicating.

capital (homonymicEntry and it's a simple word)

<entry type =homonymicEntry" xml:id="DACL.CAPITAL:1" xml:lang="pt"> <form type="lemma"> <orth norm="capital"> <w type="simple">capital</w> <orth>capital</orth><pc>:</pc> <lbl>1</lbl> <pron>kɐpitˈał</pron> <gram type="partOfSpeech">adj.</gram> <gram type="gender">m. e f.</gram> </gramGrp> </form>

[TomazErjavec]

Hi, my 2c:

• for machine processing, it would indeed be nice if @n were used to give the distinctive label for each homonym (maybe something to add to the specs?)
• but I think @n belongs on the entry element, not form, as it is the property of the whole entry
• if you want also to keep the form/content of the original dictionary, then pc+lbl makes sense
• but it would be nice if lbl were typed, so it is clear what kind of label this is (again, maybe something for the specs)
• also, pc could include spaces were required, so the result could be simply type-set
• not sure what you are trying to do with w, in fact, the previous example is not well-formed.

In short, I'd propose:

<entry type="homonymicEntry" n="1" xml:id="DACL.CAPITAL:1" xml:lang="pt"> 
  <form type="lemma">
       <orth><w type="simple">capital</w></orth>
       <pc>: </pc> <lbl type="homonymNumber>1</lbl> 
        ...

[bansp]

Minor remark: the ID must be "non-colonized", so the ":" should cause an error. Use a hyphen instead. And as Tomaž says, there's a bit of ill-formedness above, one closing, and one opening tag missing.

[anacastrosalgado]

In Portuguese Academy Dictionary, it is encoded as the attribute n (number) in the entry element:

<entry type="derivativeWord" xml:lang="pt" xml:id="antepassado.1" n="1">