The Thesaurus of Modern Slovene provides a number of different ways to include the user community in the database construction process. The activities supported by the platform include entry evaluation, direct addition of new suggestions, public debate on existing solutions and automatic import of existing synonym materials into the thesaurus.
The data in individual thesaurus entries can be rated as good or poor. During updates, these ratings will be taken into account in order to re-arrange or remove data accordingly. The same approach can be applied to user-added synonyms and allows the community to evaluate whether newly added suggestions are valid and useful.
Each entry includes a section for user-added synonyms. Synonyms suggested by the users are displayed in the entry immediately after submission. In case the user possesses a larger quantity of language material to be included in the thesaurus, it can be imported automatically (the contact for such cases is info@cjvt.si).
Users can contribute their own suggestions for synonyms and antonyms to the dictionary. Each new suggestion appears in the dictionary immediately upon submission, and the community has the option to give it positive or negative votes. Starting from version 2.0, selected user contributions will also be included in the openly accessible Thesaurus database and the Digital Dictionary Database for Slovene. For the inclusion, we will consider the following criteria:
Regardless of whether the suggestion is included in the database or not, it will remain available in the dictionary interface. In exceptional cases, entries that are malicious or similiarly problematic will be removed.
The Centre for Language Resources and Technologies (CJVT) of the University of Ljubljana is the first Slovene research institution to systematically collect empirical data on the habits, wishes and needs of the users of language reference works and tools. The results of earlier studies have already been implemented in the interface design, while feedback obtained from future evaluations will be used to further improve the Thesaurus of Modern Slovene and other language resources made by CJVT.
If you wish to contribute to the development of language resources as part of a dedicated evaluation group, you can contact info@cjvt.si or subscribe to our Newsletter.
Users who suggested the highest number of new synonyms.
| # | Username | Synonyms |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saša Jenko Pahor | 36.304 |
| 2 | Ferdo | 22.637 |
| 3 | RD | 15.568 |
| 4 | TatjanaJ | 4.430 |
| 5 | mojmih | 918 |
| 6 | 669 | |
| 7 | Polona B. | 642 |
| 8 | kl | 464 |
| 9 | Poulonca | 244 |
| 10 | mm | 232 |
Best-rated synonyms added by users.
| # | Synonym | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | smaragden | 36 / 6 |
| 2 | nevešč | 33 / 2 |
| 3 | preblisk | 30 / 1 |
| 4 | besednjak protipomenk | 30 / 9 |
| 5 | bajta | 23 / 1 |
| 6 | vipavsko vino | 22 / 4 |
| 7 | vokabular antonimov | 19 / 6 |
| 8 | domislek | 18 / 0 |
| 9 | utrinek | 16 / 2 |
| 10 | zelene barve | 16 / 7 |