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OASIS Lexicographic Infrastructure Data Model and API (LEXIDMA) TC: A repository designed for use in development of TC chartered work products and test suites. https://github.com/oasis-tcs/lexidma
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Only one headword per entry #83

Closed michmech closed 7 months ago

michmech commented 8 months ago

(Submitted by Jan Niestadt)

I can see that sometimes you'd want these to be separate entries, but in other cases I feel putting them in the main entry would be simpler, especially if the variants will never actually be processed or displayed as separate entries, just shown as a list in the main entry. Again, this is only my opinion, but it would be nice if the standard was flexible enough to support both approaches, allowing each project to choose what works best for them.

jmccrae commented 8 months ago

Multiple headwords is common enough in dictionaries, especially historical dictionaries, but I also think that it creates a lot of issues for indexing and querying

michmech commented 7 months ago

We have decided in DMLex to model multiple headwords through relations for exactly the reasons John says.

I don't think we need to explain in the specification why we have decided it that way. The specification only needs to say what the model is like. Explaining why the model is the way it is would be a topic for a different publication.

No further action is required, in my opinion. I suggest to close this issue.