1. VISION: (a) To demolish the man-made language barrier and thereby fuel
mutual understanding and cooperation among the people of the entire North-East
India.
(b) Bring the languages of the North-East to the fore-front of the
Information Technology age.
2. MISSION: Cooperate constructively with all possible quarters to build
multilingual dictionaries and other linguistic resources to strive to
materialize the visions.
3. GENERAL POLICY (for Online Dictionary): (a) XOBDO attempts to capture the
languages as they are used (i.e. spoken, written and understood) today in their
original forms. It does not attempt to enforce or express its own viewpoint
about any spelling or semantics to be right or wrong.
b) Therefore, XOBDO does not want to follow any specific dictionary or any
glossary/word-list published by any authority or entity; neither it accepts
opinions of any expert. Rather, it considers the present-day meaning to be the
standard as it is evidenced in contemporary use i.e.
i) Appear in renowned newspapers, magazines or the writings of well known
authors and journalists
ii) Extensively used (spoken or written) in special fields or areas like
judicial courts, govt. offices, religious institutes, traditional functions etc.
c) XOBDO also attempts to record the languages as they were used in the past.
e) XOBDO is not in the business of inventing or coining new words. Any word
proposed to be added in XOBDO must have contemporary use as explained above.
In case of a new word coined recently, XOBDO will not add it unless it appears
in at least one renowned newspaper or magazine.
d) Anybody can become member and contribute words to the dictionary. He/she
can also challenge the spellings or meanings entered. Through discussions with
other members of XOBDO a consensus decision has to be taken within a reasonable
time frame and the entry has to be updated accordingly.
http://www.xobdo.net/
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