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Title Software Infrastructure for Language Resources: a Taxonomy of Previous Work and a Requirements Analysis
Authors Cunnigham Hamish (Department of Computer Science and, Institute for Language, Speech and Hearing, University of Sheffield, UK, hamish@dcs.shef.ac.uk)
Bontcheva Kalina (Department of Computer Science and, Institute for Language, Speech and Hearing, University of Sheffield, UK, kalina@dcs.shef.ac.uk)
Tablan Valentin (Department of Computer Science and, Institute for Language, Speech and Hearing, University of Sheffield, UK, valyt@dcs.shef.ac.uk)
Wilks Yorick (Department of Computer Science and, Institute for Language, Speech and Hearing, University of Sheffield, UK, yorick@dcs.shef.ac.uk)
Keywords Architecture, Development Environment, Framework, Language Engineering, Language Resources Infrastructure
Session Session WO12 - Language Resources: Infrastructural Issues
Full Paper 170.ps, 170.pdf
Abstract This paper presents a taxonomy of previous work on infrastructures, architectures and development environments for representing and processing Language Resources (LRs), corpora, and annotations. This classification is then used to derive a set of requirements for a Software Architecture for Language Engineering (SALE). The analysis shows that a SALE should address common problems and support typical activities in the development, deployment, and maintenance of LE software. The results will be used in the next phase of construction of an infrastructure for LR production, distribution, and access.