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(nationalism, communitarianism, racism, etc.), and so on. In order to give an account
of such
subjects*
, the ASW vocabulary of conceptual terms had to be adapted, even
very recently.
8
Given the newness but also the importance of this workshop in the
preservation and exploitation of scientific heritage, it will be the object of a
dedicated later publication.
At this point, it becomes clear that the ASW meta-lexicon of conceptual terms
must evolve in order to conform to the particular needs and requirements of specific
projects of analysis. In order to discuss this issue, we must distinguish at least two
aspects:
‒
the
enrichment of the taxonomic parts
specific to the meta-lexicon of
conceptual terms (this process presupposes the distinction between shared, non-
modifiable taxonomical modules and modules added to them);
‒
the
diversification
of the
bridges
between the conceptual terms belonging to
the ASW meta-lexicon and metalinguistic resources external to the ASW system -
metalinguistic resources such as thesauruses, indexing languages, terminologies,
ontologies or norms and standards (see our remarks on this topic in Chapter 11).
Let us return to the three terms forming the canonic base of the ASW conceptual
vocabulary of analytical objects. These are not the result of a simple preliminary
choice in the sense of opting for this-or-that higher-level ontology. As has already
been mentioned, we chose them,
in fine
, in reference to the top-level DOLCE
ontology. However, this choice was made only relatively late in our organization of
the meta-lexicon. It was preceded by a classification of the conceptual terms chosen
to produce models for analyzing audiovisual corpora and by various attempts to
define a
canonicbase
and higher-level categories of classification.
In summary, the organization of the said vocabulary as shown in Figure 12.2 is
the result of a double-edged approach:
‒
on the one hand, a
“lexical” or “terminological” approach
, entailing the
semantic reconstruction of series of conceptual terms identified during the previous
phases of analysis of audiovisual corpora, comparative research carried out on
existing metalinguistic resources (such as thesauruses, terminologies and
ontologies)
9
or indeed on lexical resources provided by programs such as the
WordNet
project at Princeton University
10
;
8 That is, at the end of October 2011.
9 For further information on this subject, see the “Documentation en ligne” (Online
Documentation) section on the Website of the ASW, where there is a selection of documents
on this subject available for consultation: http://www.asa-shs.fr/.
10 http://wordnet.princeton.edu/.
