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Digitising a machine-tractable version of Kamus Dewan with TEI-P5

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1 (not affiliated), Penang, Malaysia
2 The Name Technology, Cyberjaya, Malaysia
3 Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
DOI
10.7287/peerj.preprints.2205v1
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Subject Areas
Computational Linguistics, Natural Language and Speech
Keywords
Machine-tractable dictionaries, TEI, Language resources, Bahasa Malaysia
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© 2016 Lim et al.
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Lim LT, Chiew RT, Tang EK, Abdul Ghani R, Yusof N. 2016. Digitising a machine-tractable version of Kamus Dewan with TEI-P5. PeerJ Preprints 4:e2205v1

Abstract

Kamus Dewan is the authoritative dictionary for Bahasa Malaysia, containing a wealth of linguistic and cultural information about Bahasa Malaysia. It is currently available in print, as well as a searchable online dictionary. However, the online dictionary lacks advanced search capabilities that target specific fields within each headword and lemma entry. For this information to be targeted and extracted efficiently by computers, the macro- and micro-structures of Kamus Dewan entries need to be first annotated or marked up explicitly. We describe how TEI-P5 guidelines have been applied in this endeavour to make the Kamus Dewan more machine-tractable. We also give some examples of how the machine-tractable data from Kamus Dewan can be used for linguistic research and analysis, as well as for producing other language resources.

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Competing Interests

Ruoh Tau CHIEW is an employee of The Name Technology, Cyberjaya, Malaysia.

Author Contributions

Lian Tze Lim conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools, wrote the paper, prepared figures and/or tables, performed the computation work.

Ruoh Tau Chiew conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools, reviewed drafts of the paper.

Enya Kong Tang conceived and designed the experiments, analyzed the data, reviewed drafts of the paper.

Rusli Abdul Ghani contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools, reviewed drafts of the paper.

Naimah Yusof contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools, reviewed drafts of the paper.

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The following information was supplied regarding data availability:

The research in this article did not generate, collect or analyse any raw data or code.

Funding

This work is partly supported by the MSC Malaysia Innovation Voucher scheme from the Malaysian Multimedia Development Corporation. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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