System and method for a data dictionary

A system for extracting aircraft maintenance logbook data from aircraft maintenance logbooks according to aircraft engineering component nomenclature, the system comprising:

• a database component for storing the aircraft maintenance logbooks;
• a communication component adapted to communicate with a user via a user device over network;
• and
• a processor adapted to:
• receive, from the user via the user device over the network, a request to extract the aircraft maintenance logbook data according to the aircraft engineering component nomenclature, wherein at least some of the engineering component nomenclature is abbreviated and wherein the engineering component nomenclature includes an assigned part number (ASN), and translate the component nomenclature and the ASN into non-abbreviated proper English language terms,
• translate the non-abbreviated proper English language terms into operational jargon used in the aircraft maintenance logbooks and into one or more synonyms for the operational jargon,
• formulate a database query statement comprising the operational jargon, the one or more synonyms, and the non-abbreviated proper English language terms, and
• retrieve the aircraft maintenance logbook data from the database component using the database query statement,
• wherein the communication component transfers the aircraft maintenance logbook data from the database component to the user device for viewing by the user on the user device, and wherein the processor is further adapted to determine the non-abbreviated proper English terms for the component nomenclature based on at least a portion of the ASN.