Re: Cross-referencing tool for vocabularies

Simon Kissane wrote:

> I've been working on a conlang, and I have a large number of text
> fragments in it scribbled all over my school books (naughty me). I
> typed them up into my computer, giving each fragment a number (eg. 1MB
> for first fragment in my maths book), and adding some notes to some
> fragments.
>
> I have an spreadsheet where I enter a word, the definition, what
> fragments in which it occurs and what other words I have used with the
> same meaning (I keep on changing my mind.) I did about five words, then
> I got bored...
>
> I was wondering if there are any tools that I could use to generate a
> list of all the words in my document full of fragments, noting which
> fragments they occur in, and not counting the fragment titles or notes?
> Could I use some kind of concordance-generating tool? (If so, are any
> available on the Internet?)
>
Simplest thing I can think of is make your own in Access or the database
tool of your choice.  then you can design reports to your heart's
content--searching for this and that, combined with this or that, and
such.  if you've already started a spreadsheet, you can probably import it
in some way.  Filling in any table is a pain but worth it as it builds and
builds and becomes more and more valuable--to you, and for having material
you can easily share with others.

Diana

>
> Thanks in advance,
> Simon.