Hmar Open Lexicon
The Hmar Open Lexicon is a lexicography and termbank initiative currently in planning. Below is an outline of the proposed terminology standardization model, dual web interfaces, open REST API architecture, and dictionary export pipeline for when active development begins.
Proposed Technical Specifications
| Specification | Intended Details |
|---|---|
| Lexicon Portal | Project Not Initialized |
| Source Code Repository | Project Not Initialized |
| Interface Architecture | Dual Web Interfaces · General Dictionary Lookup & Technical Termbank |
| Developer Integration | Open REST API · Bulk JSON & CSV Storefront Export Bundles |
Open Lexicography & Terminology Standardization
The intended design vision for the Hmar Open Lexicon is to establish an open, collaborative lexical database for the Hmar language. When writers, translators, and students encounter modern, scientific, or technical concepts without direct translations, the lexicon serves as the open platform for standardized definitions, etymology, and phonetics.
Dual Web Interface Architecture
The proposed platform incorporates two specialized web user interfaces. The first is a general dictionary lookup interface designed for everyday community members, students, and readers looking up definitions, word origins, and Hmar-English-Mizo translations. The second is a technical termbank interface tailored for language scholars, translators, and developers working on technical, scientific, and software terminology standards.
Open REST API & Storefront Export Pipeline
Language data should be machine-accessible. The project incorporates open REST APIs enabling third-party app developers, computational linguists, and browser extension creators to integrate Hmar dictionary lookups directly into mobile apps and web tools. Furthermore, automated export pipelines generate bulk JSON and CSV term dumps that are synced to the hmar digital library storefront for 1-click public downloading.
Linguistic Foundation Across All Projects
The Hmar Open Lexicon serves as the authoritative spelling and definition benchmark for all other Foundation initiatives. Article editors on the hmar wikipedia incubator initiative verify orthography against this lexicon, software maintainers on the hmar locale project derive UI key terms from its technical termbank, and OCR pipelines on the hmar corpus archival project use its vocabulary lists for text recognition validation.
Planned Technical Deliverables
- Dual web application interfaces for general dictionary lookup and technical termbank standardization
- Multilingual Hmar-English and Hmar-Mizo lexical lookup databases
- Open REST API enabling third-party mobile apps and web tools to query word definitions
- Automated bulk JSON and CSV export pipelines linked to the digital library storefront