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This study aims to (1) describe the development process of user participation in South Korea by analyzing the user participation status of the NAVER dictionary of NAVER, a representative search portal site in South Korea, and (2) identify the characteristics of user participation.
This study analyzed NAVER Dictionary's representative crowdsourced dictionary platform, Open Dictionary PRO, and Accentia, a pronunciation production platform. To present the respective development process of each platform, the paper (1) introduced the history of Open Dictionary PRO and Accentia, (2) investigated their characteristics to identify differences from other platforms, and (3) analyzed accumulated content since their launch.
This study found that Open Dictionary PRO has the characteristics of (1) being an integrated dictionary platform that provides both dictionary compilation and content consumption, (2) being a demotic platform that provides a structure that makes it easy for general users to participate in, (3) being an open platform that can compile dictionaries on various topics, and (4) being able to compile dictionaries in various formats as the dictionary structure is easy to change.
In addition, Accentia, a pronunciation production platform, presents a model that (1) is a full-fledged platform for the general public to produce pronunciations, (2) collects various accents for each language, and (3) connects production and consumption by linking the platform with dictionaries.
