Universal dictionary system

Description

The Universal Dictionary system provides a consistent interface to a large number of existing free dictionaries from a variety of languages. You can search for a word in multiple dictionaries and languages at once and compare the results; some definitions include pictures and further descriptions and resources on the word they define.

• Links

• http://www.dicts.info/ - main interface, minimalist

• Languages

• http://www.dicts.info/index2.php - sitemap, listing all the languages available

• Size

• Dictionaries in 78 languages

Formats

• Formats materials are currently in

• UTF-8 plain text
• XDXF (XML)
• TBX (XML)

• Scripting (any scripting needed to convert it from curent packaging)

• http://www.dicts.info/uddl.php - contains information on how to download the dictionary files and use them with existing free dictionary applications on your own computer

Curator Info

Group

Group coordinator

Contributing groups and their curators

Allottable size

Assessment

Scope (subjects, ages, other)

Completeness (comprehensiveness for given topic and audience)

Multilingualism (specifically es, pt, en, ar)

Quality (incl. suitability for audience)

Freeness (license and format)

Comments, Tags, and Ratings

XO

School library