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| <A HREF="https://github.com/GrammaticalFramework/GF/">GitHub</A>
| <A HREF="http://www.postcrashgames.com/gf_world/">Interactive Map</A><font size=-1 color=red><i>New!</i></font>
| <a href="http://cloud.grammaticalframework.org/"><img src="src/www/P/gf-cloud.png" alt="GF Cloud Service" title="GF Cloud Service"></a>
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<div class=extralinks>
<p>
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<div class=news2>
<table class=news>
<tr><td>2013-06-24:<td>We are now running the IRC channel <code>#gf</code> on the Freenode network.
<tr><td>2013-06-24:<td>We are now running the IRC channel <strong><code>#gf</code></strong> on the Freenode network.
<tr><td>2013-06-19:<td>New resource grammar language: Maltese.
See <a href="lib/doc/synopsis.html">library synopsis</a>.
<tr><td>2013-04-25:<td>New resource grammar language: Greek.
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<H2>What is GF</H2>
<P>
GF, Grammatical Framework, is a programming language for
GF, Grammatical Framework, is a programming language for
<B>multilingual grammar applications</B>. It is
</P>
<UL>
<LI>a <B>special-purpose language for grammars</B>, like YACC, Bison, Happy, BNFC,
<LI>a <B>special-purpose language for grammars</B>, like YACC, Bison, Happy, BNFC,
but not restricted to programming languages
<LI>a <B>functional language</B>, like Haskell, Lisp, OCaml, Scheme, SML,
but specialized to grammar writing
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<H2>Availability</H2>
<P>
GF is <B>open-source</B>, licensed under <A HREF="LICENSE">GPL</A> (the program) and
GF is <B>open-source</B>, licensed under <A HREF="LICENSE">GPL</A> (the program) and
<A HREF="./LICENSE">LGPL</A> and <A HREF="./LICENSE">BSD</A> (the libraries). It
is available for
is available for
</P>
<UL>
<LI>Linux
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<H2>Projects</H2>
<P>
GF was first created in 1998 at
<A HREF="http://www.xrce.xerox.com/">Xerox Research Centre Europe</A>,
GF was first created in 1998 at
<A HREF="http://www.xrce.xerox.com/">Xerox Research Centre Europe</A>,
Grenoble, in the project
Multilingual Document Authoring. At Xerox, it was used for prototypes including
a restaurant phrase book,
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Later projects using GF and involving third parties include, in chronological order,
</P>
<UL>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~hallgren/Alfa/Tutorial/GFplugin.html">GF-Alfa</A>:
<LI><A HREF="http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~hallgren/Alfa/Tutorial/GFplugin.html">GF-Alfa</A>:
natural language interface to formal proofs
<LI><A HREF="http://efficient.citi.tudor.lu/index_noframe.html">Efficient</A>:
authoring tool for business models.
<LI><A HREF="http://www.key-project.org/">GF-KeY</A>:
<LI><A HREF="http://www.key-project.org/">GF-KeY</A>:
authoring and translation of software specifications
<LI><A HREF="http://www.talk-project.org">TALK</A>:
<LI><A HREF="http://www.talk-project.org">TALK</A>:
multilingual and multimodal spoken dialogue systems
<LI><A HREF="http://webalt.math.helsinki.fi/">WebALT</A>:
<LI><A HREF="http://webalt.math.helsinki.fi/">WebALT</A>:
multilingual generation of mathematical exercises (commercial project)
<LI><A HREF="http://spraakbanken.gu.se/sal/">SALDO</A>:
<LI><A HREF="http://spraakbanken.gu.se/sal/">SALDO</A>:
Swedish morphological dictionary based on rules developed for GF and
<A HREF="http://www.cse.chalmers.se/alumni/markus/FM/">Functional Morphology</A>
<LI><a href="http://www.molto-project.eu">MOLTO</a>:
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</P>
<H2>Programming in GF</H2>
<P>
GF is easy to learn by following the <A HREF="doc/tutorial/gf-tutorial.html">tutorial</A>.
GF is easy to learn by following the <A HREF="doc/tutorial/gf-tutorial.html">tutorial</A>.
You can write your first translator in 15 minutes.
</P>
<P>
GF has an interactive command interpreter, as well as a batch compiler.
Grammars can be compiled to parser and translator code in many different
formats. These components can then be embedded in applications written
GF has an interactive command interpreter, as well as a batch compiler.
Grammars can be compiled to parser and translator code in many different
formats. These components can then be embedded in applications written
in other programming languages. The formats currently supported are:
</P>
<UL>
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<LI>module system with multiple inheritance and parametrized modules
</UL>
<h3>Getting help</h3>
<p>
If you need some help with GF, the first places to start are the <a href="doc/tutorial/gf-tutorial.html">Tutorial</a> and <a href="doc/gf-refman.html">Reference</a> pages.
The printed <a href="gf-book">book</a> contains all the material in the tutorial and some extra bits, and is the recommended reference for GF.
</p>
<p>
We run the IRC channel <strong><code>#gf</code></strong> on the Freenode network, where you are welcome to look for help with small questions or just start a general discussion.
If you have a larger question which the community may benefit from, we recommend you ask it on the <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/gf-dev">mailing list</a>.
</p>
<H2>Libraries</H2>
<P>
Libraries are at the heart of modern software engineering. In natural language
Libraries are at the heart of modern software engineering. In natural language
applications, libraries are a way to cope with thousands of details involved in
syntax, lexicon, and inflection. The
syntax, lexicon, and inflection. The
<A HREF="lib/doc/synopsis.html">GF resource grammar library</A> has
support for an increasing number of languages, currently including
</P>
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<LI>Italian
<LI>Latin (fragments)
<LI>Latvian
<li>Maltese (fragments)
<li>Maltese
<LI>Nepali
<LI>Norwegian bokmål
<LI>Persian
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</OL>
<P>
Adding a language to the resource library takes 3 to 9
months - contributions
Adding a language to the resource library takes 3 to 9
months - contributions
are welcome! You can start with the <A HREF="doc/gf-lrec-2010.pdf">resource grammarian's tutorial</A>.