SAL Coding Tips
for Nouns, for Adjectives, for Adverbs

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Tips on Coding Nouns in TermBuilder

For Quick Overview of TermBuilder Noun Coding Options, click here

The easiest and most accurate method for encoding new nouns and noun phrases is presented below.

This instruction presupposes that you have used TermBuilder's AutoCode function to encode a new entry and that you have not yet actually updated the dictionary.   You should be looking in TermBuilder's New Entry Window where your entry and the automatically assigned codes are displayed. 

1. In the left-hand frame of TermBuilder's New Entry Window, scroll to Category (just below Part of Speech).  (Category will contain the SAL superset value automatically assigned by Auto Code.)
   
2. Click on the value shown in the row labeled Category.  A small box icon will display to the right.
   
3. Click on the box icon.  This will take you to the SAL Wizard.
   
4. In the SAL Wizard, you are presented with several options. The easiest and most accurate way to code your new entry is to use the "prompts" option.
   
5. Click on the "prompts" option.  If TermBuilder has some knowledge about your word, it will display all the meanings it knows to be associated with your entry (or with the head word of your entry if it is a compound noun phrase). (TermBuilder has a large store of information about basic nouns and their various meanings)
   
6. Click on the meaning that most applies.
   
7. If none of the meanings seem to apply, click on the "default" option. "Default" gives you a wide range of possible codes for you to choose from.
   
8. You must also click on the "default" option to code the entry in cases where the "prompts" option does not have a + sign before it, meaning that TermBuilder has no information about your entry. In such cases, AutoCode assignments cannot be relied upon and you should recode the entry using the "default" option, or the "SAL" option if available and appropriate
   
9. If you are tutored in SAL coding, and the "SAL" option is available on your system, you may click on "SAL".  This option gives you the full SAL taxonomy to work with and affords the most accurate codes possible.   Working with SAL, however, presupposes prior tutoring.
   

Overview of Noun Coding Methods

Click here for additional Coding Tips for Nouns

 

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Coding Tips for Adjectives

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Coding Tips for Adverbs

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