TY - CONF A1 - Schmitt, Lothar M. A1 - Herder, Jens A1 - Bhalla, Subhash A2 - Gorayska, Barbara A2 - Nehaniv, Chrystopher L. A2 - Marsh, Jonathon P. T1 - Information Retrieval and Database Architecture for Conventional Japanese Character Dictionaries T2 - Proceedings, Second International Conference on Cognitive Technology N2 - The cycle of abstraction-reconstruction which occurs as a fundamental principle in the development of culture and in cognitive processes is described and analyzed. This approach leads to recognition of boundary conditions for and directions of probable development of cognitive tools. It is shown how the transition from a conventional Japanese-English character dictionary to a multi-dimensional language database is an instance of such an abstraction-reconstruction cycle. The different phases of the design of a multi-dimensional language database based upon different computer software technologies are properly placed in this cycle. The methods used include the use of UNIX software tools, classical database methods as-well-as the use of search engines based upon full text search in this process. Several directions of application and extension for a multi-dimensional language database are discussed from the general point of view of an abstraction-reconstruction cycle. KW - abstraction-reconstruction cycle KW - database KW - dictionary KW - hypertext, search engine KW - retrieval methods KW - UNIX Y1 - 1997 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-hs-duesseldorf/frontdoor/index/index/docId/1715 SN - 0-8186-8084-9 SP - 200 EP - 217 PB - IEEE CY - Los Alamitos ER -