1. Ideas for Better Electronic Dictionaries Miran Željko Government Office for European Affairs

2. Drawbacks of dictionaries 1. electronic version = book version 2. size of a dictionary: a book 3. limited examples of use 4. infrequent updates 5. distribution medium: CD 6. inefficient protection against unauthorized copying

3. Improvements of dictionaries 1. electronic version = book version 2. size of a dictionary: a book 3. examples of use 4. infrequent updates 5. distribution medium: CD 6. protection against unauthorized copying

4. Improvements of dictionaries 1. dictionary as a relational database 2. size of a dictionary: a book 3. examples of use 4. infrequent updates 5. distribution medium: CD 6. protection against unauthorized copying

5. Improvements of dictionaries 1. dictionary as a relational database fuzzy search 2. size of a dictionary: a book 3. examples of use 4. infrequent updates 5. distribution medium: CD 6. protection against unauthorized copying

6. Improvements of dictionaries 1. dictionary as a relational database fuzzy search 2. text corpus 3. examples of use 4. infrequent updates 5. distribution medium: CD 6. protection against unauthorized copying

7. Improvements of dictionaries 1. dictionary as a relational database fuzzy search 2. text corpus 3. integration of dictionary and corpus 4. infrequent updates 5. distribution medium: CD 6. protection against unauthorized copying

8. Improvements of dictionaries 1. dictionary as a relational database fuzzy search 2. text corpus 3. integration of dictionary and corpus 4. continuous improvements 5. distribution medium: CD 6. protection against unauthorized copying

9. Improvements of dictionaries 1. dictionary as a relational database fuzzy search 2. text corpus 3. integration of dictionary and corpus 4. continuous improvements 5. distribution medium: Internet 6. protection against unauthorized copying

10. Improvements of dictionaries 1. dictionary as a relational database fuzzy search 2. text corpus 3. integration of dictionary and corpus 4. continuous improvements 5. distribution medium: Internet 6. protection: digital certificates

11. Evroterm - 12 languages -fuzzy search - integrated Evroterm + Evrokorpus - weekly updates - location: www.gov.si/evroterm - public access