System-specific information is found only in mapping 2. Another important point of departure in the development of WM has been that linguists and lexicographers are maximally supported in expressing their expert knowledge in a natural way. This has resulted in specialized user interfaces that show only information that is relevant to the particular stage of coding, and in tools that recognize inconsistencies and potential errors with a high success ratio. In Figure 1, the flow of information between different components of WM and the outside world is represented. At the centre, there is a server, mediating between linguists, lexicographers, external NLP-systems, and databases.
Different users can access the same databases in parallel.
They need not be at the same machine as the server, as long as they have a network connection to it. The linguist's interface has the full authorization to create, modify, and delete rules, entries, and databases. The lexicographer's interface has a more limited authorization, with task-oriented support. Client applications can access databases, but not change them. By the architecture described here, and the separation of general information from system-specific information, reusability is guaranteed.