Software Tools for Big Data Resources in Family Names Dictionaries

Abstract

This paper describes the design and development of specific software tools used during the creation of Family Names in Britain and Ireland (FaNBI) research project, started by the University of the West of England in 2010 and finished successfully in 2016. First, the overview of the project and methodology is provided. Next section contains the description of dictionary management tools and software tools to combine input data resources.

Keywords:

• family names dictionaries
• dictionary writing systems
• lexicographic processing of large data
• born-digital dictionaries
• family names etymology

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1. http://one-name.org/

2. (http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

3. (https://familysearch.org/)