Dictionary term markup on Wiktionary

I have recently been looking at dictionary entries across the internet and have been surprised at the unused status of the xhtml elements
  • <dt> Definition Term
  • <dl> Definition List
  • <dd> Definition
So I thought I would take a look at what the people at Wiktionary are using in their Mark-up. I went over to the English entry for language and took a look at the Wiki Syntax for input and at the xhtml output for the page. Continue reading

Interoperability of online dictionary data: 
 A test case using WordPress as a CMS

Linked data is an effort to enhance applications and thereby lives with structured knowledge. This structure at its core is developed by human interaction. The challenge to consumers of linked data is to convince holders of unstructured data to structure it into actionable, manipulatable knowledge. Continue reading