OpenSeaMap-dev:IHO Hydographic Dictionary S-32

Data base description...

HowTo

Store the folder "S-32" (with the two files "IHO_Hydrographic_Dictionary_S-32.xls" and "IHO Hydrographic Dictionary S-32.mdb")
whereever you like.

For editing the database:

1. In your Excel set in menu "Extra" in "Macro > Security" to "low"
2. Start Excel with "IHO_Hydrographic_Dictionary_S-32.xls"
3. In table "Start": click "Edit database by User form"

You see:

an "Userform" with the "IHO Definition" (English) (left), and "National Language" (editable) (right)

an "Excel sheet" (behind) with all "Terms" in English, Français and Español.

Excel sheet

In the Excel sheet you can:

• Compare al terms in English, Français and Español
• Edit a dataset (by doubleclick into a term)

Click exact into a therm (if you don't, you will jump to the end)

User-form

In the User-form you can:

• Set the language displayed in the right side for editing
• Search in "Term":
  "xx" finds all Terms with "xx" somehere in it
  "x*y" finds all Terms with " 'x' and 'something_between x and y' and 'y' "
• Scroll between datasets (by arrow-button)
• Edit each data field
• Check each data field and confirm this "Full check"

Reqirements

• Excel 2003 or later
  Menu: Extras > Macros > Security > low
• Folder "S-32" with:
  IHO Hydrographic Dictionary S-32.xls
  IHO Hydrographic Dictionary S-32.mdb

Status

3	Languages	eng, fra, esp
11	Attributes	ID, old IHO-HD-No, term, description, type, sex, plural, deleted, SaveDat, LastCheck, BE/AE
7000	Terms	max-length: 60 characters
7000	Descriptions	max-length: 1500 characters
20.000	Records

ToDo

OK	Task	Who	Until	Done	Remarks
	Investigate the source documents	OpenSeaMap		2015-12-
	Transform the source into a database	OpenSeaMap	2016-01-10	2015-01-20
	Showcase Word.doc "Terms in English, Français, Español"	OpenSeaMap		2016-01-30
	Develop a tool for editing datasets	OpenSeaMap		1016-01-05
	Approve tool for editing datasets	IHO/OpenSeaMap
	Decisions about DB design	IHB	ASAP
	Implement new design	OpenSeaMap
	Decisions about rules	IHB	ASAP
	Implement new rules	OpenSeamap
	Edit the "English master"	IHB	ASAP
	Add 3 more languages	OpenSeaMap	2016-11		ger, zho, lzh
	Prepare for unlimited new languages	OpenSeaMap			Wikipedia languages
	Define 50 Terms/Descriptions in 3 languages	IHO	2016-10		XLS for ger, zho, lzh
..

Data improvements already done

1. Unique ID for each Term (in addition to the old number).
2. Split Term and Description.
3. Extract semantic data from text (Type of word, Sex of word, Plural, en-UK/en-US)
   (~90% of all, some errors included)
4. Add meta data about the datasets (Safe datum, LastCheck datum, Deleted)
5. Delete nonbreaking hyphens.
6.  ? First letter of each Term as capital letter.
7.  ? Dot at the end of each Description.

Rules

clear structure

Use only:

• Term
• Description
• Attributes

All texts in UTF-8.

• IHO Master is the English version of the database
  (pragramatically "General English" is used, in case of doubt: British English).

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Length	Content	Description
ID	incremential			Unique ID for all languages
number	text	6	#### a	Old number for old terms (may be obsolete in future)
term	text	255		Term with one or more words, without special marks, without abbrevieations, optional one (1) colon (:)
description	memo	65.535		Description of the term
sex	text	1	f m n	feminine masculine neutrum
plural	text	2	pl <empty>	term is commonly used in plural term in singular
type	text	5	subst adj adv vi vt	substantiv adjective adverb verb intransitive verb transitive
deleted	boolean		yes/no	mark as deleted if not more used
en-AB	text		en-BE en-AE en-both	if a term is only British or only American or both
savedat	datum			Datum of the last save
lastcheck	datum			Datum of the last approved full check of a dataset
..

IHO tasks/decisions ToDo

use only words in a term

old:

86 | alignment correction(tape)

new:

86 | alignment correction by tape

use speakable terms

use speakable terms and link to the ordered term (or vice versa)

1. example

86	Alignment correction by tape	see "tape: alignment correction"
5292	tape: alignment correction	(Description)

2. example

5	Absolute accuracy	see "Accuracy: absolute"
22	Accuracy: absolute	(Description)

Best solution

		Sort
5	Absolute accuracy	Accuracy	(Description)
22	Accuracy: absolute!		(Description)
86	alignment correction by tape	Tape	(Description)
5292	tape: alignment correction!		(Description)

split Sub-Languages

(but be sure it is not only a dialect)

en into en-BE and en-AE

es into es-ESP and es-ARG

old:

1756	fair chart (Brit)	(Description)
1757	fair sheet	see "fair chart"
4793	smooth sheet (US)	see "fair chart"

new en-BE:

1756	fair chart	(Description)
1757	fair sheet	see "fair chart"
4793	(nothing)	see "fair chart"

new en-AE:

1756	smooth sheet	(Description)
1757	(nothing)	see "smooth sheet"
4793	(nothing)	see "smooth sheet"

If you don't like to split Sub-Languages:

decide which is the Master Language

Suggestion: en-BE (which may be a political issue)

old:

1756	fair chart (Brit)	(Description)
1757	fair sheet	see "fair chart"
4793	smooth sheet (US)	see "fair chart"

new:

1756	fair chart	(Description)
1757	fair sheet	see "fair chart"
4793	smooth sheet (AE)	see "fair chart"

split Multi-Terms

old:

998	continental (or island) shelf

new:

998 a	continental shelf
998 b	island shelf

old:

398	base tape (or wire)

new:

398 a	base tape
398 b	base wire

old:

3104	marine nature reserve (U.S. marine sanctuary)

new en-BE:

3104	marine nature reserve

new en-AE:

3104	marine sanctuary

split Multi-Descriptions

This has to be discussed... (how to find/list identic terms?)

old:

1015

control point

(Description 1)... (Description 2)...

new:

1015	control point	(Description 1)
####	control point	(Description 2)

split Synonyms

Synonyms are possible in the form:

####	Term_1	(Description)
####	Synonyme_1 of Term_1	see: Term_1

Aberrations needs an own term

old:

1276	deep scattering layer (DSL)

new:

1276 a	deep scattering layer	(description)
1276 b	DSL	see "deep scattering layer"

but how to deal with multiple meanings:

1276 c

DSL

see "Digital Subscriber Line"

use Singular

old:

1424	divider(s)

new:

1424 a

divider

or split if necessary:

1424 a	divider
1424 b	dividers

Errors

English

Some small typos...

French

The system does not match to the English system...

Some terms have double numbers:

1408-1411

Aberration radiale

Some terms have no number:

...	Abaque d’échelle

Spanish

Terms marked with "(Esp)" this is split between Term and Declaration.

Terms marked with "(Arg)" this is split between Term and Declaration.

Use of the database

as dictionary

Read-only user-form

with "Search in Term-text"

left: Language-1, right: Language-2

Read-only Excel-sheet

left: Language-1, right: Language-2

Read-only Word-document

left: Language-1, right: Language-2

Read-only PDF

left: Language-1, right: Language-2

Append database

User-form with "Search in Term-text"

left: Language-en, right: Language-2

append a new term, marked as new suggestion to the IHB

Missed terms

ID	OK	Term:en	Term:de	Remarks
		nautical light	Leuchtfeuer
3486		Nominal range	Tragweite	see: Range
			Feuerhöhe
			Turmhöhe
3771		Period (of nautical light)	Wiederkehr	()

Mantain database

Search and list all last FullCheck

Search and list all last FullCheck before <datum>

search all Deleted

search all Combobox attributes

do Statistic

Export

Frank Richter http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de Telefon: +49 (0)371 531-31879 Frank.Richter@hrz.tu-chemnitz.de

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IALA Acronyms (1000)

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WP: Glossary of nautical terms (~1600)

Wiktionary: Category:en:Nautical (2200)

Languages and Writing

ISO 15924: Writing sytems

Wikimedia Language-Code

Wikipedia-Sprachen