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Z39.86-201x Structural Semantics Vocabulary
Z39.86-201x Structural Semantics Vocabulary
Table of Contents
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About this vocabulary
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Major document structures
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Document components
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Document text
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Artwork
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References
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Pagination
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Custom Content (Republishing)
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Priority
About this vocabulary
This RDF vocabulary, a part of
<!--ANSI/-->NISO Z39.86-201x Part A, defines a set of terms relating to the description of structural semantics of documents in general, and written works in particular.
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Major document structures
Standard terms used for the classification, partitioning and dividing of a document.
Document types
- fiction
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A work of fiction.
- non-fiction
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A work of non-fiction.
- article
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A major independent section in a piece of writing, typically appearing in journals, magazines or newspapers.
- essay
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An essay.
- textbook
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A textbook.
- catalogue
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A catalogue.
Document partitions
- frontmatter
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Preliminary material to the content, such as tables of contents, dedications, etc.
- bodymatter
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The body content of a document.
- backmatter
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Ancillary material occurring after the document body, such as indices, appendices, etc..
Document divisions
- volume
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A component of a collection.
- part
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A major structural division of a piece of writing, typically encapsulating a set of related chapters.
- chapter
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A major structural division of a piece of writing.
- subchapter
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A major sub-division of a chapter.
- division
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A major structural division that may also appear as a substructure of a part (esp. in legislation).
- section
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A structural division typically subordinate in importance to a part or division (esp. in textbooks and legislation).
- subsection
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A major sub-division of a section.
Document sections
- foreword
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An introductory section that precedes the work, typically not written by the work's author.
- preface
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An introductory section that precedes the work, typically written by the work's author.
- prologue
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An introductory section that sets the background to a story, typically part of the narrative.
- introduction
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A section in the beginning of the work, typically introducing the reader to the scope or nature of the work's content
- preamble
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A section in the beginning of the work, typically containing introductory and/or explanatory prose regarding the scope or nature of the work's content
- conclusion
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An ending section that typically wraps up the work.
- epilogue
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A concluding section that is typically written from a later point in time than the main story, although still part of the narrative.
- afterword
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An ending section that typically details the history of the story or its significance.
Document reference sections
- toc
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A table of contents, typically appearing in the work's frontmatter, or at the beginning of a section.
- appendix
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Supplemental information.
- glossary
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An alphabetical list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge with the definitions for those terms.
- bibliography
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A list of works cited.
- discography
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A list of albums and/or songs by a performer.
- filmography
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A list of acting roles by a performer.
- index
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A detailed list, usually arranged alphabetically, of the specific information in a publication.
- colophon
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A brief description usually located at the end of a publication, describing production notes relevant to the edition.
Titles
- title
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The title of the work, or, when used in the context of a
fulltitle, the primary part of the full title.
- halftitle
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The title appearing that appears on the first page of a work or immediately before the text.
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title
- fulltitle
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The full title of the work, either simple, in which case it is identical to
title, or compound, in which case it consists of a
title and a
subtitle.
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title
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- Same as:
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http://purl.org/dc/terms/title
- subtitle
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An explanatory or alternate title for the work.
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title
- covertitle
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The title of the work as displayed on the work's cover.
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title
Preliminary sections and components
- published-works
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A list of additional works by the author.
- title-page
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The title page of the work.
- halftitle-page
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The half title page of the work.
- acknowledgments
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A passage containing acknowledgments to entities involved in the realization of the work.
- imprint
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Information relating to the publication or distribution of the work.
- imprimatur
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A formal statement authorizing the publication of the work.
- loi
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A listing of illustrations included in the work.
- lot
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A listing of tables included in the work.
- publisher-address
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The publisher's address, which can be abbreviated to city and postal code only.
- publisher-address
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A note from the publisher.
- editorial-note
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An explanation of an editor’s method, or a discussion of variant texts.
- grant-acknowledgment
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Describes financial assistance towards the work.
- contributors
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A list of contributors to the work.
- other-credits
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Acknowledgments of previously published parts of the work, illustration credits, and permission to quote from copyrighted material.
- biographical-note
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A biographical note about the author or authors, here including editors, compilers, and translators).
- translator-note
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An introductory note from the translator(s).
- errata
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Publication errata, in printed works typically a loose sheet inserted by hand; sometimes a bound page.
- promotional-copy
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A promotional description of the book, often containing quotations from reviews.
- dedication
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An inscription addressed to one or several particular person(s).
Document components
Non-structural components that occur within documents, such as letters, poems, quotations, etc.
- epigraph
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A quotation at the start of a document or section that typically introduces or sets the theme for what follows.
- example
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A sample, model, illustration or template representative of some aspect of the narrative.
- pgroup
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A group of interrelated paragraphs.
Annotations
- annotation
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Explanatory information about passages in the work.
- introductory-note
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An annotation whose purpose is to provide an introductory note.
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annotation
- commentary
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An annotation whose purpose is to provide commentary.
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annotation
- clarification
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An annotation whose purpose is to provide a clarification.
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annotation
- correction
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An annotation whose purpose is to provide a correction.
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annotation
- alteration
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An annotation whose purpose is to indicate an alteration made to the source document, such as the re-arrangement or removal of content.
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annotation
- presentation
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An annotation whose purpose is to describe some aspect of the document layout, such as the formatting of a page or conventions used in rendering the content.
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annotation
- production
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A temporary annotation not intended as part of the finished document, such as a production note
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annotation
- attribution
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An annotation whose purpose is to provide a source or attribution.
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annotation
Production roles
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An author of a work.
- editor
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An editor of a work.
- general-editor
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The general editor of a work.
- commentator
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A commentator on a work.
- translator
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A translator of a work.
- republisher
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A republisher of a work.
Description types
- structure
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A structural description for a piece of content (e.g., a table structure summary).
Asides
- aside
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Secondary or supplementary content.
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Secondary or supplementary content, typically formatted as an inset or box.
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aside
- practice
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A review exercise or sample.
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aside
- notice
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A notification.
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aside
- warning
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A warning.
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aside
- marginalia
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Marginalia.
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aside
- help
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Instructions/advice to the reader on using the work.
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aside
Dialogue/Drama
- drama
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A work of fiction intended for performance.
- scene
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A structurally significant segment of a drama.
- stage-direction
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An instruction to an actor or director, included in the work.
- dramatis-personae
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A listing of the roles or characters appearing in the work.
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collection
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- See also:
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persona
- persona
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The name or identity of an individual role or character appearing in the work.
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dramatis-personae
- actor
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The name of the actor who plays a character in the work.
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dramatis-personae
- role-description
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A description of a character in the work.
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dramatis-personae
- speech
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An utterance by a
persona.
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persona
Diaries
- diary
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A diary.
- diary-entry
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A diary entry.
Figures
- figure
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An instance of a figure, which may include a title, caption and credits in addition to an image or table.
- plate
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A figure or image typically printed on a coated unnumbered page.
- gallery
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A section of a document containing more than one image, figure or plate. Gallery pages may be numbered or unnumbered, and on regular or special stock.
Letters
- letter
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An instance of a formal, informal or business letter.
- sender
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The name and address of the sender of a letter.
- recipient
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The name and address of the recipient of a letter.
- salutation
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An expression of greeting at the start of a letter.
- valediction
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An expression of farewell at the end of a letter.
- postscript
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An additional paragraph or note occurring after a signature in a letter.
Emails
- email
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An instance of a email message.
- to
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The recipient(s) email address line.
- from
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The sender's email address line.
- cc
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The carbon copy email address line.
- bcc
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The blind carbon copy email address line.
- subject
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The email subject line.
Lists
- collection
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A set of interrelated items.
- orderedlist
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A list where the order of the list's items is significant.
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collection
- unorderedlist
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A list where the order of the list's items is not significant.
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collection
- abbreviations
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A list of abbreviations.
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unorderedlist
- timeline
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A chronological list of events
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orderedlist
Notes
- note
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A footnote or a rearnote, linked from the main text via a note reference
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noteref
- footnotes
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A collection of notes appearing at the bottom of a page.
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collection
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- See also:
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footnote
- footnote
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A note appearing at the bottom of a page.
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note
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- See also:
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footnotes
- rearnote
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A note appearing in the rear (backmatter) of the work, or at the end of a section.
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note
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- See also:
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rearnotes
- rearnotes
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A collection of notes appearing at the rear (backmatter) of the work, or at the end of a section.
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collection
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rearnote
Document text
Terms for describing text elements.
- text
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A segment of text.
- phrase
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A group of lexical words, comprising a single unit within a sentence.
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collection
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text
- keyword
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A key word or phrase.
- sentence
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A group of lexical words comprising a lexical sentence.
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phrase
- topic-sentence
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A phrase or sentence serving as an introductory summary of the containing paragraph.
- concluding-sentence
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A phrase or sentence serving as a concluding summary of the containing paragraph.
- t-form
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An informal second-person pronoun.
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phrase
- v-form
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A formal second-person pronoun.
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phrase
Abbreviations
- acronym
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An abbreviation formed from initial letters of a name or expression, pronounced as a word.
- initialism
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An abbreviation formed from initial letters of a name or expression, with each letter pronunced separately.
- truncation
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An abbreviation formed from the first part of a word.
Numerals
- cardinal
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A value indicating quantity.
- ordinal
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A value indicating rank or position.
- ratio
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An expression of the magnitude of two quantities relative to each other.
- percentage
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A value that defines proportionality to a whole, including percent sign if present.
- phone
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A phone number, including area code and international dialing code.
- isbn
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An International Standard Book Number.
- currency
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A currency value, including the denomination indicator.
- postal
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A postal or zip code.
- result
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A single value that includes two or more sets of numbers separated by spaces.
- fraction
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A single fraction with a numerator and denominator, and without a preceding whole number.
- mixed
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A whole number followed by a fraction with a numerator and denominator.
- decimal
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A single value where the integral number is separated from the fractional value by a decimal point or comma.
- roman
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A single value expressed using roman numerals.
- weight
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A single weight value, including units.
- measure
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A single value of measure, including units.
- coordinate
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A value expressing the location of a point in n-dimensional space, including degree, minute and other indicators if specified.
Value Groups
- range
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A numeric, spatial or temporal range of values, as expressed by the start and end values.
- result
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The outcome of an event, such as a sporting match or vote.
Proper Nouns
- place
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The name of a city, state, province, country or other geographic or political entity. .
- nationality
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The name of a nationality, national group, or other designator of association. .
- organization
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The name of an organization, corporation, or other business entity. .
- taxonomy
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The name of a species, genus or other taxonomic classification. .
- product
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The brand name of a product, medication, etc. .
- event
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The name of a religious, sporting, or other event, holiday or festival. .
- award
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The name of an award or prize. .
Personal names
- personal-name
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A proper name identifying a person, often composed of a given name and a family name.
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http://xmlns.com/foaf/spec/#term_name
- given-name
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The part of a personal name that distinguishes the person from a group of persons sharing the same surname. Also known as 'forename' or 'first name'. .
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http://xmlns.com/foaf/spec/#term_givenName
- surname
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The part of a personal name that associates the person with a group of persons sharing the same surname. Also known as 'last name'.
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family-name
- family-name
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The part of a personal name that indicates the family to which the person belongs. Often used in conjunction with a honorific.
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surname
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- See also:
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surname
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- Equivalent to:
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http://xmlns.com/foaf/spec/#term_familyName
- name-title
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The part of a personal name that signifies veneration, an official position or a professional or academic qualification. .
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http://xmlns.com/foaf/spec/#term_title
- signature
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The handwritten, digital or stamped representation of a person's name.
Words
- word
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A lexical word.
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text
- compound
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A word created by the combination of two or more stems.
- homograph
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An instance of a set of words with the same spelling but different etymologies and often pronunciations (e.g. bass the instrument and bass the fish).
- portmanteau
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A word created from the merging of two other words (e.g. brunch from breakfast and lunch).
Word Parts
- root
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The primary lexical unit of a word.
- stem
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The word form common to all its inflected variants.
- prefix
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An affix attached to the front of a stem.
- suffix
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An affix attached to the end of a stem.
- morpheme
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The smallest linguistic unit of a word with semantic meaning.
- phoneme
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The smallest linguistic unit of a word that forms a sound.
- grapheme
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The smallest linguistic unit of a written word.
Artwork
- illustration
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An illustration.
- photograph
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A photograph.
- decorative
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Artwork serving only a decorative purpose, not contributing relevant information.
- publisher-logo
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The publisher's logo.
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decorative
- frontispiece
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A frontmatter illustration.
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illustration
References
- reference
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A reference to another information entity - a resource, fragment, concept, or notion.
- resolving-reference
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A reference which contains data intended to allow resolving the target entity.
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reference
- nonresolving-reference
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A reference to a non-resolving target - a concept, notion or other imprecisely defined entity.
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reference
- noteref
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A reference to a note, typically appearing a superscripted symbol in the main body of text
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resolving-reference
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- See also:
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note
- annoref
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A reference to an annotation
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resolving-reference
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annotation
- citation
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A reference to bibliographic work, resolving to an entry in a directly or indirectly identified bibliography
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resolving-reference
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bibliography
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nonresolving-citation
- nonresolving-citation
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An imprecise reference to a bibliographic work.
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nonresolving-reference
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citation
- continuation
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A reference to another segment of the current work that constitutes the logical continuation of the current segment.
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resolving-reference
- continuation-of
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A reference to another segment of the current work that the current segment is a continuation of.
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resolving-reference
Pagination
- pagebreak
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A (sometimes valued) separator denoting the position where a break between two contiguous pages occurs in a paginated media.
- page-header
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Material, separate from the main body of text, appearing at the top of a printed page.
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Material, separate from the main body of text, appearing at the bottom of a printed page.
- recto
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The front side of a page.
- verso
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The back side of a page.
Custom Content (Republishing)
- image-placeholder
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A placeholder for a reference to a non-existing or deliberately removed image.
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nonresolving-reference
Priority
- primary
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Indicates the current element has primary importance (for example, may identify the primary table of contents for a work or a primary source).
- secondary
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Indicates the current element has secondary importance.
- tertiary
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Indicates the current element has tertiary importance.