semantic-domains

List of semantic domains from semdom.org, version 4.

npm install semantic-domains
yarn add semantic-domains

This package exports an object, which has a domains property that is an array of semantic domain objects. Each semantic domain object has the following properties.

• id: string: The semantic domain ID. For example, the semantic domain "Injure" has ID '2.5.3'.
• name: string: Human-readable name of the semanti domain.
• parentId: string: ID of the parent semantic domain. For top-level semantic domains, this string is empty.
• description: string: Human-readable description of the semantic domain.
• examples: string[]: Array of example words or phrases that fit the semantic domain.

The array of semantic domains is sorted logically by ID.

How to search semantic domains

The default export includes a few functions to search and index semantic domains.

findAllChildren(id): Returns an array of all children, grandchildren, etc. of a semantic domain with the given ID. findById(id): Finds and returns a semantic domain by ID. findChildren(id): Returns an array of immediate children of a semantic domain with the given ID. findRoots(): Returns an array of top-level semantic domains. buildIndex(): Returns an hash that includes all semantic domains, keyed by their IDs.

Compatibility

semantic-domains should work on any reasonably recent version of Node.js. It uses ES2015 features like Array.find, Array.filter, and Array.reduce, so you might need a polyfill if you're targeting older browsers. If you don't need the helper functions, you can include the semantic domains data directly using require('semantic-domains/domains.json') or require('semantic-domains/domains.min.json').

Building

Build the list of semantic domains directly from the source using yarn build.

Test with yarn test.

Legal stuff

This NPM package, as well as the semantic domains themselves, are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

The semantic domains were parsed from the list available on the RWC Questinonnaire. This document is available in the sources/ folder in DOCX format. A HTML-formatted version, which is used to parse the domains, is in the file words.html.

The semantic domain data was modified in order to be machine-readable and convenient to consume in Javascript. No major changes to the content are intended.