procedure (explain tag lang) → (or/c string? exn:unk-sym? exn:no-desc?)

tag : string?

lang : symbol?

> (explain "n" 'eng)

"Common noun"

> (explain "a-made-up-non-existing-tag" 'eng)

uncaught exception: #<exn:unk-sym>

> (explain "n" 'a-made-up-non-existing-lang)

uncaught exception: #<exn:no-desc>

struct (struct dictionary (lang alphabet sdefs pardefs sections attrs))

lang : (listof symbol?)

alphabet : string?

sdefs : (listof sdef?)

pardefs : (listof pardef?)

sections : (listof section?)

attrs : (hash/c symbol? string?)

• dictionary-lang : ISO 639-3 code(s) of the language(s)

• dictionary-alphabet : relevant for a monolingual dictionary only

• dictionary-sdefs : grammatical symbols used in dictionary entries

• dictionary-pardefs : paradigm definitions

• dictionary-sections : lists of dictionary entries

• dictionary-attrs : user-defined attributes with name and value

value D-0 : dictionary?

(define D-0

(dictionary

'(eng)

"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"

'() '() '() (hash)))

value D-B-0 : dictionary?

(define D-B-0

(dictionary

'(eng tat)

"" '() '() '() (hash)))

struct (struct sdef (n attrs))

n : string?

attrs : (hash/c symbol? string?)

• sdef-n : grammatical symbol used in dictionary pardefs or entries.

• sdef-attrs : user-defined attributes with name and value

value SDEF-0 : sdef?

(define SDEF-0 (sdef "n" (hash 'c "Noun")))

struct (struct pardef (n con attrs))

n : string?

con : (listof e?)

attrs : (hash/c symbol? string?)

• pardef-n : the name of the paradigm

• pardef-con : its content

• pardef-attrs : any additional attributes

struct (struct section (n type con attrs))

n : string?

type : (or/c STANDARD PREBLANK POSTBLANK INCONDITIONAL)

con : (listof e?)

attrs : (hash/c symbol? string?)

• section-n : name/id of the section

• section-type : A quote from the {official documentation}:The value of the attribute type is used to express the kind of string tokenization applied in each dictionary section: the possible values of this attribute are: \"standard\", for almost all the forms of the dictionary (conditional mode), \"preblank\" and \"postblank\", for the forms that require an unconditional tokenisation and the placing of a blank (before and after, respectively), and \"inconditional\" for the rest of forms that require unconditional tokenization."

• section-con : content (entries)

• section-attrs : any additional attributes

struct (struct e (o re lm l r par attrs))

o : (or/c #f NA NG)

re : (or/c #f string?)

lm : (or/c #f string?)

l : string?

r : string?

par : (or/c #f string?)

attrs : (hash/c symbol? any/c)

• e-o : usage restriction, either NA (‘do Not Analyse’, only generate this form) or NG (‘do Not Generate’, only analyse this form) or #f (not set)

• e-re : regular expression or #f (not set)

• e-lm : lemma or #f (not set)

• e-l : left/upper/lexical string

• e-r : right/lower/surface string

• e-par : name of the (inflection) paradigm or #f (not set)

• e-attrs : any additional attributes

procedure (parse-dix bidix) → dictionary?

bidix : string?

procedure (parse-lexc lexc) → dictionary?

lexc : string?

procedure (dictionary->dix d) → string?

d : dictionary?

procedure (dictionary->lexc d) → string?

d : dictionary?

struct (struct   apkg  ( id         gitattributes         gitignore         authors         copying         changelog         news         autogen.sh))

id : string?

gitattributes : string?

gitignore : string?

authors : string?

copying : string?

changelog : string?

news : string?

autogen.sh : string?

• id : by convention ISO 639-3 code of the language, e.g. kaz, or a pair of ISO 639-3 codes, e.g. kaz-tat

value APKG-COMMON : apkg?