Dictionary Database

Colin has collected a very significant group of articles.
At first we considered adding these to the Timeline tables,
but they should probably go a separate "Dictionary" table,
because they will be accessed from more than the History module.

Fields useful in the Dictionary table:

Main keyword (eg Aaron, Adullam - cave of, Atonement)
  - these would be linked from Timeline, Genealogies, Geography etc
Other keywords (eg for the Aaron article: Moses, Priesthood)
  -  these entries can wait till later when, hopefully, we will find some semi-automated way of making them
Short version (ie a max 50 word version)
  - this can wait, and initially we can simply cut out the first 50 words and add "More...", if the article is longer than 50 words
Article (max 1000 words?)
  - all the refs in articles will have to conform to a standard format so that they can be turned into hyperlinks on the fly
  - keywords in articles can be turned into hyperlinks on the fly.
Type (eg Geographical location, Person, Historical Period, Doctrine etc)
Scripture Refs (ie key refs in the article which would be used for links to the Scripture text)
  - initially this can be an extract of all refs found in the article, and later trimmed to the relevant ones
 Source (eg Eastern's Dictionary, Hasting's Dictionary, edited from Eastern's dictionary, etc)
  - this doesn't need page number details, but just enough to identify the source.

David IB