Introduction
This example is drawn from a bilingual thesaurus, with a number of additional features. The node labels, appear in the classified display but not in the alphabetical display. Notation appears in both displays. For testing purposes several elements are included in the alphabetical display, that would not normally be displayed to users. For ease of checking the tags have not been translated. They are as follows:
| en | English |
|---|---|
| es | Spanish |
| CID | Concept identifier |
| TID | Term identifier |
| CC | Notation |
| SN | Scope note |
| CHN | Concept history note |
| THN | Term history note |
| UF | Use for |
| USE | Use |
| BT | Broader term |
| NT | Narrower term |
| RT | Related term |
| DC | Date concept was created |
| DTI | Date term was created |
| DTM | Date term was modified |
For this example, testing includes:
- Checking that all features can be represented adequately in the DD8723-5 model and the corresponding XML schema, and can be expressed in the standard XML format.
- Checking that data expressed in the DD8723-5 XML format can be interpreted correctly to re-create both the alphabetical and the classified display. [And maybe others too? e.g. multilingualism opens more options.]
This example is based on the sample data given by the following file.
Source.doc
DD8723-5 XML Format
The following example illustrates how this Thesaurus can be recorded in the DD8723-5 format.
Example.xml
Alphabetical display
The following XSL transformation was written to demonstrate that it is possible to recreate the alphabetical display of the Thesaurus from the DD8723-5 format.
The transformation is available at the following location.
DD8723-5ToAlphabeticalDisplay.xsl
The result of the transformation is available here.
| English | EnglishAlphabeticalDisplay.txt |
|---|---|
| Spanish | SpanishAlphabeticalDisplay.txt |
Hierarchical display
The following XSL transformation was written to demonstrate that it is possible to recreate the hierarchical display of the Thesaurus from the DD8723-5 format.
The transformation is available at the following location.
DD8723-5ToHierarchicalDisplay.xsl
The result of the transformation is available here.
| English | EnglishHierarchicalDisplay.txt |
|---|---|
| Spanish | SpanishHierarchicalDisplay.txt |
Classified display
The following XSL transformation was written to demonstrate that it is possible to recreate the classified display of the Thesaurus from the DD8723-5 format.
The transformation is available at the following location.
DD8723-5ToClassifiedDisplay.xsl
The result of the transformation is available here.
| English | EnglishClassifiedDisplay.txt |
|---|---|
| Spanish | SpanishClassifiedDisplay.txt |