<aside> 💡 You may be unfamiliar with a few terms and concepts we use for this project. This page serves to answer a lot questions about these words.

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General Terms

Dialectal variations - For example, let’s say that we have the headword bịa. That word can have different dialectal variations. In order for us to get to 25,000 dialectal variations, one word could produce multiple dialectal variations

Complete document - A complete document is a Word, Example, Word Suggestion, or Example Suggestion that includes data for all possible metadata fields. In theory, it doesn’t need any more information inputted into the document.

Sufficient document - A sufficient document is a Word, Example, Word Suggestion, or Example Suggestion that includes the bare minimum of information to be considered “valuable” and showcase the essence of a Word or Example

Insufficient document - An insufficient document is a Word, Example, Word Suggestion, or Example Suggestion that doesn’t include the bare minimum of metadata points to be considered sufficient.

Document Collection Types

Words - words that are public for the entire world to see. These word documents have been cleaned, verified, and prepped to be used for other projects. Editors do NOT have any direct writing permissions to word documents.

• As an editor, if a mistake within a word document that you would like to address, you must create a new WordSuggestion.

Examples - examples that are public for the entire world to see. These example documents have been cleaned, verified, and prepped to be used for other projects. Editors do NOT have any direct writing permissions to example documents.

• As an editor, if a mistake within a example document that you would like to address, you must create a new ExampleSuggestion.

WordSuggestions - wordSuggestions are user-created document that suggest an editor to either a pre-existing word or suggesting creating a completely new word.

• When filling out a wordSuggestion form for updating a pre-existing word, fill out the entire form in order to maintain consistency throughout the database.

ExampleSuggestions - exampleSuggestions are user-created documents that suggest an edit either a pre-existing example or suggesting creating a complete new example.

• When filling out an exampleSuggestion form for updating a pre-existing example, fill out the entire form in order to maintain consistency throughout the database.

Headword - the main word entry for any given word document. These are the main words that appear when you search for a word

User Permission Levels

Editor - A user that has access to the Editor's portal and is able to edit any WordSuggestion, ExampleSuggestion, or GenericWord documents in the database.

Merger - A user (typically a professional lexicographer/translator or experienced volunteer member) that has the ability to not only edit WordSuggestion, ExampleSuggestion, or GenericWord documents but also has the ability to create new Word and Example documents by merging them from suggestion objects.

Admin - A project owner that has the ability to change user permissions, delete documents, and perform more admin-specific actions.

Misc