6. THE SEARCH PORTALS
The following illustration was presented earlier, as Fig. 2.2.
![Fig. 6.1 [Fig. 2.2] Analysis of the OVERVIEW layout in the databases](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9277b5_b7f6569a0bf64fc7a261a9c9e2d3b535~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_600,h_325,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/9277b5_b7f6569a0bf64fc7a261a9c9e2d3b535~mv2.jpg)
Fig. 6.1 [Fig. 2.2] Analysis of the OVERVIEW layout in the databases
The elaboration bars have been described, followed by the two occurrences portals below them.
Occupying much of the central part of the OVERVIEW layout are the four search portals:
1. Searcher NoH (brown)
2. Searcher JSM (yellow)
3. Searcher ReS (light brown)
4. Searcher Aus (grey)
Below, or alongside, each search portal is a small ‘searcher’ field with a red border, into which the User types the word to be searched for.
1. SEARCHER NoH
Assume a search is to be undertaken for gwiyang:
Fig. 6.2 Results for the gwiyang search
The word gwiyang has been entered into the red-bordered brown-coloured searcher field for the NoH search portal to the lower-centre left portion of the OVERVIEW layout that was previously blank. This immediately brings up all instances of the word gwiyang in stand-alone form in the database. That is, it does not bring up instances of the word appearing with other words, as in a sentence. Note also that in the searcher fields the ‘any character’ @ sign does not work, so that to find instances of the alternative spelling gwiyung it has to be separately searched for:
Fig. 6.3 Searcher NoH results for the gwiyung search
The second example in Fig. 6.2 and the third in Fig. 6.3 has been clicked on, revealing the full word. All the others are truncated, there being too many columns in the portal to permit much to be shown in most of them. But there is enough on view, and any field can be clicked on to show its content.
In both examples the scroll bar on the far right is in part coloured grey. This indicates that there are more examples than on view, and they can be looked at by clicking on one of the arrows at the end of the scroll bar.
While data can be displayed for every one of the columns, only a few have data in the case of both gwiyang and gwiyung. The columns showing data are, from left to right:
—pink: the source
—light blue: notebook
—two shades of green: page and line
—dark grey: the original Australian language record
—light brown: respelt
—black: transcription indicator
—brown: the No Hyphens (NoH) respelling of the record
—blue: DFX
—light grey: the original English translation
—yellow: the standardised English JSM translation
—gold with red print: English JS DFX tense
—cream: comment
—green: the ‘meaning clue’ column where summary lines end up . The 'meaning clue’ and associated ‘word for word JS’ fields are described below under 8. Information Group.
—yellow: comment transcription
—dark blue, gold print: the ‘LangShort’ abbreviation for the language concerned. In these examples Syd, Dg and BB can be seen, for Sydney language, Dharug and Biyal Biyal (the ‘classical Sydney language’) respectively. For all language abbreviations used in the Bayala databases see Fig, 7.14.
2. SEARCHER JSM
Assume a search is to be undertaken for ‘wood’:
Fig. 6.4 Searcher JSM results for the ‘wood’ search
The word ‘wood’ is entered into the red-bordered yellow-coloured searcher field for the JSM search portal to the lower-centre right portion of the OVERVIEW layout. Immediately various results appear, most of which are wadi, the word for ‘wood’, stick’ and ‘club’ and even ‘tree’ (as a similar search for ‘tree’ would reveal).
3. SEARCHER ReS
Two examples follow of the use of the ReS search portal. This is where to search for a full word. It is often not possible to do so in the NoH column, when a word has been stripped to its stem with its suffixes placed in the analysis columns. The light brown (standard colour for ReS) searcher field is red bordered to indicate its special ‘searcher’ function.
Fig. 6.5 Searcher ReS results for badabawu (‘eat will I’, i.e. ‘I shall eat’)
Fig. 6.6 Searcher ReS results for nabawinya (‘see will I thee’, i.e. ‘I shall see you’)
This word was recorded only once, in the sentence:
“P. Nābaou-ínia Windáyin Tāmunadyēmínga” nabawinya WINDayin damunadyiminga “I will look at you through the window (because) you refused me (bread)” see-will-I thee window-from refuse-did-thou me Dawes (b) [b:32:6] [BB] [NSW] [1790-91]
4. SEARCHER Aus
The Aus search portal may not be often used but it is necessary that it be included.
Fig. 6.7 Searcher Aus results for 'Bial' with the English column clicked in the second row
GENERAL COMMENTS ON THE SEARCH PORTALS
The specific advantage of the search portals is that searches can be undertaken without leaving the record concerned—and hence without leaving the OVERVIEW screen.
The very same searches can be undertaken in the ‘Records and analysis’ rows at the bottom of the OVERVIEW layout, and can be done even more thoroughly there. But they cannot be done without leaving the particular record that might have inspired the search in question. Also the whole screen information being looked at is lost, being replaced by only the one record being searched for. Often this outcome is not what the User might want.
For wider searching across the databases, for any particular record, the LINKS layout is only a button click away:
Fig. 6.8 Four standard buttons appearing on most layouts
The LINKS layout reveals results across most, or sometimes all, of the country. For more information on other layouts in the Bayala databases see 10. Database Layouts.
SEARCH USING THE DUMP LAYOUT
The DUMP layout will be dealt with in 10 Further Layouts. It is essentially a slimmed down version of the OVERVIEW layout. The following illustration shows what this layout can reveal:
Fig. 6.9 Search and occurrences portals in the DUMP layout
In Fig. 6.9 the record settled upon is the fifth last, alongside of which a faint vertical indicator mark is discernible:
"mookoo" mugu "Bone" bone Curr 2 #48 Cornish [2:29.1:12] [Ywrka] [SA]
This is the INTERSTATE database, which includes South Australia.
In the Yawarrawarrka language of South Australia, mugu means ‘bone’, and so these two words dominate the screen.
There are three search portals in the upper left. In two of the searcher fields entries have been made: ‘bone’ in Searcher JSM and mugu in Searcher NoH. No entry was made in the Searcher ReS tag, which is why nothing is displayed in that portal.
In the upper right of Fig. 6.9 each of the occurrences portals has results.
—In the Occurrence JSM portal are displayed all the occurrences in this database of what is shown in the yellow JSM field for this particular record: ‘bone’. Only a few of the instances of ‘bone’ are displayed as can be deduced from the fact that most of the scroll bar on the right is grey. If the white slider box in the scroll bar were to be dragged down with the cursor, all the other instances of ‘bone’ would come into view.
—In the Occurrence NoH portal are featured all the instances in the INTERSTATE database of what appears in the brown NoH field: mugu, and again only a few of these instances are displayed for the same reason.
—In the Occurrence ReS portal the result is the same as for the Occurrence NoH portal because what appears in the light brown Respelt field is also mugu.
