- PubDictionaries is a public repository of dictionaries.
- A dictionary is a collection of labels and their corresponding identifiers, e.g.,
- Human → NCBITaxon_9606
- Alzheimerdisease → HP_0002511
- ...
- An identifier may be a URI (uniform resource identifier), or one for a database entry.
- A label is a natural language term which refers to the the object identified by the corresponding identifier.
- Identifiers are unambiguous, and are basis of information systems.
- Terms are human-friendly, and are basis of human-facing interfaces.
- Dictionaries thus play a crucial role for developing human-friendly user interfaces for information systems.
- PubDictionaries is developed to share dictionaries and make them immediately action.
- Anyone can upload his/her dictionaries in TSV (tab-separeted values).
- Then, it will immediately become ready for action, e.g., to annotate text, through REST API.