David Crystal's authored works are mainly in the field of language, where he is perhaps best known for his two encyclopedias for Cambridge University Press, The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language and The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language. In the 1980s, he became general editor of several general encyclopedias for Cambridge University Press, along with their various abridged editions, and in the 2000s took up a similar role as part of Crystal Reference for a new series of encyclopedias published by Penguin Books, including The Penguin New Encyclopedia (2002), The Penguin Factfinder (2003), and The Penguin Concise Encyclopedia (2003).
In the late 1990s, as part of his consultancy work with AND, he devised the Global Data Model, along with several related search and navigation applications. David's core concepts now form the basis of patents in both the United Kingdom and United States. Since the development of Crystal Semantics, David has been integral in the development of the division's innovative software products for the search, e-commerce and contextual advertising sectors.
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