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/ Lingua::Thesaurus::IO::LivelinkCollectionServer

NAME

Lingua::Thesaurus::IO::LivelinkCollectionServer - IO class for Livelink Collection Server thesaurus files

DESCRIPTION

This class implements the Lingua::Thesaurus::IO role for files issued from the Livelink Collection Server database (formerly known as Basis Plus). Parsing is quite rudimentary and does not claim to comply with the full BasisPlus specification.

File syntax

Files start with a header of shape:

BEGIN_LAYOUT
  FORMAT=FREE
  DATA_TERM_SEPARATOR='&&&'
  END_OF_DATA_STATEMENT='@@@'
  DATA_QUAL_SEPARATOR='###'
END_LAYOUT
ACTION_CODE=A
<<<
<<<  Thesaurus dump in FREE format.
<<<

which is completely ignored.

Actual data starts with

BEGIN_REL THES_NAME=<thesaurus_name>

and ends with

END_REL.

All data lines are of shape

<relation_name> = <target>

If the last character on the line is '+', then this indicates that the next line is a continuation line, which should be concatenated to the current line.

The relation name 'LT' (for Lead Term) introduces a new term. The following lines are relations for this term, until the next LT. Relations may be :

#  rel    description         reverse   is_external
#  ===    ===========         =======   ===========
  [AB  => 'Abbreviation'     => AF    => undef],
  [AF  => 'Abbreviation For' => AB    => undef],
  [EQ  => 'See Also'         => UF    => undef],
  [UF  => 'Used For'         => EQ    => undef],
  [EQA => 'See AND'          => UFA   => undef],
  [UFA => 'Used For AND'     => EQA   => undef],
  [BT  => 'Broad Term'       => NT    => undef],
  [NT  => 'Narrow Term'      => BT    => undef],
  [RT  => 'Related Term'     => RT    => undef],
  [SN  => 'Scope Note'       => undef ,  1    ],
  [HN  => 'History Note'     => undef ,  1    ],
 );

METHODS

load

Loading a thesaurus file in LivelinkCollectionServer format.