Svenska ordboksredigeringssystem - med fokus på Corona

Resumé

Our paper concerns dictionary writing systems (DWS), i.e. software
for writing and producing dictionaries. We discuss some necessary
features of a DWS and the use of different DWSs in Sweden and, to
some extent, also internationally. Given that DWSs are expensive
to develop and maintain, the DWS situation in Swedish publishing
houses is rather unsatisfactory. More efficient tailor-made systems
have been developed at academic lexicographic institutes in Sweden.
One such system is Cronoma, a DWS used to compile Lexin
Svenska ord (Lexin Swedish words) in the Lexin project at the Centre
for Lexicology and Lexicography at the University of Gothenburg.
Cronoma has been developed in close co-operation between lexicographers
and systems engineers. It is considered easy to use and will
soon be available as a free resource.