Dictionary creation support system, method and program

A dictionary creation support method using a saved history data base, an input portion, a candidate word extraction/update portion, a candidate word submission portion, a registration instruction fetching portion, and a history update portion, comprising the steps of:

• storing information related to dictionary registration candidate words and a dictionary creation support history in the saved history data base;
• fetching text data sequences using the input portion;
• analyzing the input text data sequences, extracting dictionary registration candidate words that meet determined candidate word conditions, and updating the information related to the dictionary registration candidate words in the saved history data base using the candidate word extraction/update portion;
• submitting, from among the dictionary registration candidate words entered in the saved history data base, those words that meet with determined submission conditions, which include conditions related to the dictionary creation support history, using the candidate word submission portion;
• fetching instructions indicating whether or not the submitted dictionary registration candidate words are to be registered in the dictionary using the registration instruction fetching portion;
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• updating using the history update portion the dictionary creation support history entered in the saved history data base in accordance with processing of at least one of the candidate word submission portion and the registration instruction fetching portion.

A dictionary creation support program that comprises instructions that command a computer to function as:

• a saved history data base that stores information related to dictionary registration candidate words and a dictionary creation support history;
• an input portion that fetches text data sequences;
• a candidate word extraction/update portion that analyzes the input text data sequences, extracts dictionary registration candidate words that meet determined candidate word conditions, and updates the information related to the dictionary registration candidate words in the saved history data base;
• a candidate word submission portion that submits, from among the dictionary registration candidate words entered in the saved history data base, those words that meet with determined submission conditions, which include conditions related to the dictionary creation support history;
• a registration instruction fetching portion that fetches instructions indicating whether or not the submitted dictionary registration candidate words are to be registered in the dictionary;
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• a history update portion that updates the dictionary creation support history entered in the saved history data base in accordance with processing of at least one of the candidate word submission portion and the registration instruction fetching portion.