Lexaurus Editor
Lexaurus Editor is a partner product to Lexaurus Bank and a standalone, desktop application for quick and simple off-line creation and editing of vocabularies, taxonomies and thesauri. Lexaurus Editor supports import and export in Zthes and SKOS XML formats, and allows hierarchical / poly-hierarchical structures to be loaded for editing, or even multiple vocabularies to be loaded simultaneously, so that terms from one taxonomy can be re-used in another, simply using drag and drop. Written in Java, Lexaurus Editor is cross platform and database agnostic and is shipped with the Derby embedded database.
Lexaurus Editor is widely used in the UK and Europe by taxonomists and information management specialists, often in conjunction with non-specialists - typically, subject matter experts. Completed vocabularies can be exported to facilitate a range of content classification tasks or uploaded and published into the public-facing Lexaurus Bank.
Lexaurus Editor: key features
- Off-line editor for developing all forms of vocabulary structure, including poly-hierarchical taxonomies, faceted thesauri and ontologies.
- Customisable, vocabulary-specific schemas for extensive term definition with full multilingual support.
- Highlighted display of relationships and associations, including Broader/Narrower terms (parent/child), Use For/Use for preferred and non-preferred terms e.g. addressing synonyms and homographs, Related Terms and Linguistic Equivalent.
- Vocabulary import/export using industry standard data exchange formats such as Zthes and SKOS XML. Multiple hierarchical (or poly-hierarchical) vocabulary structures to be loaded simultaneously for editing.
- Drag and drop for quick, simple modification of hierarchies, re-use of different terminology sets and mapping between vocabularies.
- Dedicated editing environment and ‘scratchpad’ for isolating and exploring hierarchical structures and updating term definitions/relationships.
- Nested export format facilitates easy reporting and customisation of exports for viewing.
- Cross platform/database; shipped with embedded Derby database.
