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A Solution to the Problem of Updating Encyclopedias

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This paper describes a way of creating and maintaining a ‘dynamic encyclopedia’, i.e., an encyclopedia whoseentries can be improved and updated on a continual basis withoutrequiring the production of an entire new edition. Such anencyclopedia is therefore responsive to new developments and newresearch. We discuss our implementation of a dynamic encyclopedia andthe problems that we had to solve along the way. We also discuss waysof automating the administration of the encyclopedia.

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  1. Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford University, Ventura Hall, Stanford, CA, 94305-4115, U.S.A.

    Eric M. Hammer & Edward N. Zalta

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Hammer, E.M., Zalta, E.N. A Solution to the Problem of Updating Encyclopedias. Computers and the Humanities 31, 47–60 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1000418920193

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