Glossary

If a glossary term occurs in the app texts, it is automatically recognized and a link to its definition is added.

1. The Excel File

You have to create one Excel file. The Excel file has to be named accoring to the name of your glossary.

Name of glossary on localcosmos.org

Name of Excel file

Glossary

Glossary.xlsx

2. Excel Content

Before you continue to read, it is recommended to download the example Excel file. download example Excel file.

Important: all content you put into your Excel files has to be in the primary language of your Local Cosmos App

The Columns

The glossary Excel file has 4 columns: Term, Synonyms, Definition and Category.

A

B

C

D

1

Term

Synonyms (optional)

Definition

Category (optional)

2

bark

Bark is the outermost layers of stems and roots of woody plants.

3

Ash dieback

Hymenoscyphus fraxineus

Hymenoscyphus fraxineus is an Ascomycete fungus that causes ash dieback, a chronic fungal disease of ash trees in Europe.

4

Wood-decay fungus

Soft rot | White rot

A wood-decay fungus is any species of fungus that digests moist wood, causing it to rot.

Column A: Term

The term is the text that will be automatically recognized if it occurs in a text of your app. A link to its definition is set, so the user can look it up. This term detection happens during build, and therefore can only be seen after you built your app.

Column B: Synonyms

One or more synonyms of the term. Separated by the character “|”. Synonyms are also automatically detected in texts, just like terms.

Column C: Definition

The definition of the term.

Column D: Category

The category of the term. You can use this column to group your glossary terms into categories.

3. Uploading data

An uploadable Glossary.xlsx has to be compressed as a .zip file. The content of this .zip file is only the Glossary.xlsx file.