Help:Topic

What is a topic

A topic, or subject, in OmegaWiki is used to indicate the field of knowledge to which a particular DefinedMeaning belongs. For example: Biology, Chemistry, Linguistic, Mathematics, ....

Often, the definition is ambiguous, and sometimes useless, if the topic is not indicated (for example: "derivative"). Therefore it is important to indicate a topic.

In general, one DefinedMeaning should have one and only one topic. If a word seems to belong to two topics, maybe it should be divided into two distinct definitions.

The list of topics is a limited set that has to be discussed and agreed by the community. It is always possible to add new topics. You can propose them there.

A topic is not a class

The aim of a class is to allow to add specific attributes. For example:

• Paris belongs to the class "city" which could allow us to indicate that it is in the country "France".
• Paris has the topic "geography"

Adding a topic

• Section "semantic annotations", below the list of translations
  • Sub-section "Option values"
    • Select "subject" or "topic" in the combobox
    • Select the topic in the second column

List of topics

• Agriculture

for words related to the concepts of Agriculture, such as harvest

• Astrology

for words related to the concepts of Astrology, such as zodiac

• Astronomy

for words related to the concepts of Astronomy, such as nova

• Biology

for words related to the concepts of Biology, such as mitosis

• Anatomy

for words related to structures within organims, such as skull

• Zoology

for words related to concepts of Zoology, such as antenna

• Bird

for words like falcon, pigeon etc.

• Botany

for words related to concepts of Botany, such as petal

• Chemistry

for words related to concepts of Chemistry, such as reaction

• Economy

for words related to concepts of economy, such as inflation

• Engineering/trades:

• Textile

for words related to the manufacturing of clothes, such as weft

• Building

for words related to the the construction of structures, such as mortise

• Trade

• Gastronomy

for words related to concepts and practice of cooking and eating, such as dessert

• Geography

for words related to concepts of geography, such as latitude

• Geology

for words related to concepts of geology, such as mantle

• Informatics

for words related to concepts of programming, computing, data analysis such as array

• Linguistics

for words related to concepts of Linguistics, such as referent

• Grammar

for words related to concepts of grammar, such as tense

• Law

for words related to legal concepts, such as contract.

• Literature

for words related to concepts and practice of literature, such as memoir

• Mathematics

for words related to concepts and practice of Mathematics, such as integration

• Medical Science

for words related to concepts and practice of Medicine, such as symptom

• Military

for words related to concepts and practice of the military, such as discharge

• Mythology

for words and names related to concepts and characters of mithology, such as Zeus

• Classical Mythology

• nautical

for words related to boats, such as rudder

• Philosophy

for words related to concepts of Philosophy, such as essence

• Physics

for words related to concepts of Physics, such as mass

• Electronics

for terminolgy used in the electronics, such as gate

• Physiology

for words related to the functions of living systems and their parts, such as urine

• Psychology

for concepts related to Psychology, such as ego

• Religion

• Christianity

for words related to the practice or concepts of Christianity, such as Trinity

• Judaism

for words related to the practice or concepts of Judaism, such as rabbi

• Islam

for words related to the practice or concepts of Islam, such as jumu'a

• Buddhism

for words related to the practice or concepts of Buddhism, such as nirvana

• Sociology

for words related to concepts of Sociology, such as anomie

• Sports

for words related to the playing of sports, such as umpire

• Games

• Chess

for words related to the game of chess, such as rook