TY - JOUR N2 - Lexical knowledge sources are indispensable for research, education and general information. The transition of the reference works to the digital world has been a gradual one. This paper discusses the basic principles and structure of knowledge presentation, as well as user access and knowledge acquisition with specific consideration of contributions in German. The ideal reference works of the future should be interactive, optimally adapted to the user, reliable, current and quotable. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/107426/PDF/297.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/107426 PY - 2016 IS - No 2 EP - 270 DO - 10.1515/geocart-2016-0014 KW - knowledge documentation KW - knowledge acquisition KW - specialized encyclopedia KW - lexicology KW - terminology KW - cartography KW - GIS A1 - Koch, Wolf Günther PB - Commitee on Geodesy PAS VL - vol. 65 DA - 2016 T1 - Lexical knowledge sources for cartography and GIS – development, current status and outlook SP - 259 UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/107426 T2 - Geodesy and Cartography ER -