The glossary about which I have been writing for the last couple of weeks has, after a remarkably short gestation period and a lot of effort, begun to go live.
The glossary is now an option on the toolbar at the top of this site.
The glossary can be accessed in a number of ways. First, on the glossary page this index will always be found:
The entries currently published that begin with A are shown. As the glossary is expanded (and there are over 200 draft entries already in it that I just have to do a final check on before they go live, with another 150 already written and waiting to be added to the site plus 150 more yet to be written but whose titles I have noted) then these indexes will be automatically updated.
Clicking on any of the entries noted above brings up the content in question.
However, most importantly, the entire site from 2006 onwards is also reindexed every time I publish an entry so that wherever a term in the glossary appears in a post then a hyperlink to the glossary is added so that anyone reading it can refer to the glossary to find out what that term is about.
The glossary also cross-refers to itself. As entries are added (and I will do this as quickly as I can) then I hope that these cross-referrals within the glossary will make it an iterative method of learning about the issues to which this blog refers.
As usual, comments are welcome. However, please note that there is no comment option on glossary entries or dealing with the potential volume they might give rise to might become unmanageable. I am finite. Instead, I make this suggestion in the introduction to the glossary:
The glossary is not complete. It will grow over time. If you think there are entries that need adding please let me know by emailing glossary@taxresearch.org.uk. Please also feel free to suggest edits. The best way to do this is to copy an entry into Word and then send me a track-changed document indicating the changes that you suggest.
The email address is new: it will help me track entries relating to this issue.
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Congratulations, Richard. A phenomenal effort to produce a usable glossary in such a short time. Hat tip. I think you found the right way to do this; to put entries in the Blog and allow the Blog to discuss entries, and bring it out before it is complete. This makes it a living glossary. It can change dynamically, as you see the need.
The real benefit of all these things is in the process of creating and using it. I think this has been an excellent exercise. It has given fresh impetus to the Blog; a refresher if you like.
Thanks
And it does feel like a refresher to me
But there is a lot still to do
Well done – I will take a look.
Thank you for that. I have bookmarked it and will share it.
Your efforts are an inspiration, bravo
Thanks
Another fifteen or so items have gone live today
Excellent. I have learnt a lot from this site and this is going to be really useful.
An excellent and useful facility – thank you for your hard work
Congratulations -Richard so agree with JS Warren.
Personally I would prefer the glossary head and the other two or three toolbar headings to be displayed explicitly across the page under the main heading – a handy constant visible reminder rather than hidden in a toolbar.
I think that would be quite hard…