Lexicon

Validate against: http://json-schema.org/schema

Schema ID: http://cdn.digitallinguistics.io/schemas/Lexicon-1.0.0.json

Description

A lexicon is a collection of the linguistic signs, or lexemes, of a particular language at a particular point in time. Each entry in the lexicon provides information on the formal, semantic, behavioral/syntagmatic, and pragmatic/sociocultural properties of a single Lexeme. Each lexeme in turn includes a number of senses - the different meanings that a lexeme can have - as well as variants - the different formal realizations of the word (e.g. ran vs. *run).

Lexicons differ from dictionaries in that dictionaries may be thought of as lexicons that have been filtered and formatted for a specific audience. Lexicons, on the other hand, contain the raw, unfiltered data, and do not contain information about presentational format. This distinction allows for the creation of many different dictionaries, with different audiences, from a single Lexicon.

Type: object

Required Properties

  • language
  • lexemes
  • name

Additional properties: true

Properties

  • Abbreviation: "abbreviation"

    Description

    A human-readable abbreviation for this Lexicon.

    Must be an instance of the Abbreviation schema.

  • Access Rights: "access"

    Description

    An object describing who has what kinds of access rights to this Lexicon.

    Must be an instance of the Access schema.

  • Contributors: "contributors"

    Description

    A collection of people who contributed to the creation or curation of this lexicon in some way.

    Type: array

    Unique items: true

    Items

    Contributor

    Description

    A contributor to this Lexicon.

    Must be an instance of the Contributor schema.

    Default Value

    []

  • Date Created: "dateCreated"

    Description

    The date that this lexicon was created.

    Must be an instance of the DateCreated schema.

  • Date Modified: "dateModified"

    Description

    The date that this lexicon was last modified.

    Must be an instance of the DateModified schema.

  • Language: "language"

    Description

    A language object describing the language of the items in this Lexicon. The language object must contain at least the name property.

    Must be an instance of the Language schema.

  • Lexemes: "lexemes"

    Description

    The collection of lexemes in this Lexicon.

    Type: array

    Unique items: true

    Items

    Lexeme

    Description

    A lexeme in this Lexicon.

    Must be an instance of the Lexeme schema.

  • Name: "name"

    Description

    A name for this lexicon, e.g. Tlahuapa Mixtec, Ancient Greek, Portuguese (Brazilian), etc.

    Must be an instance of the MultiLangString schema.

  • Notes: "notes"

    Description

    A collection of notes about this Lexicon.

    Type: array

    Unique items: true

    Items

    Note

    Description

    A note about this Lexicon.

    Must be an instance of the Note schema.

    Default Value

    []

  • Bibliographic References: "references"

    Description

    A collection of any bibliographic references concerning or relating to this Lexicon.

    Type: array

    Unique items: true

    Items

    Reference

    Description

    A bibliographic reference concerning this Lexicon.

    Must be an instance of the Reference schema.

    Default Value

    []

  • Tags: "tags"

    Description

    A set of tags for this Lexicon.

    Must be an instance of the Tags schema.

  • URL: "url"

    Description

    A unique URL for this Lexicon.

    Must be an instance of the Url schema.

Default Value

{
  "access": {},
  "language": {},
  "lexemes": [],
  "name": ""
}