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+GF Grammar Libraries
+Author: Aarne Ranta <aarne (at) cs.chalmers.se>
+Last update: %%date(%c)
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+One of the main ideas of
+[GF ..]
+is the use of libraries in grammar writing, in a way familiar
+from software engineering. In this way, large grammars can
+be built in cooperation, and old grammars or parts of them 
+can be reused in new grammars. The slides
+[Grammars as Software Libraries resource-1.0/doc/gslt-sem-2006.html]
+give some introduction to this idea.
+
+
+
+==The resource grammar library==
+
+This library covers basic linguistic structures of 
+different languages.
+
+[Version 1.0 resource-1.0/doc] (still beta, but already recommended).
+Covers English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, 
+Spanish, and Swedish.
+
+[Version 0.9 resource/] (current "official" version). 
+Also covers Danish and Russian, but not German.
+
+[Version 0.6 resource-0.6/]. Old version with 7 languages.
+
+
+
+==The prelude library==
+
+The [prelude prelude/] 
+library gives utility functions for different GF applications:
+
+[Precedence resource-1.0/doc/gfdoc/Precedence.html]. Utilities for
+formal languages: precedence levels, associatives, infixes.
+
+[Predef resource-1.0/doc/gfdoc/Predef.html]. Type signatures
+of predefined (hard-coded) functions.
+
+[Prelude resource-1.0/doc/gfdoc/Prelude.html]. Generic utilities
+for strings, tables, records, booleans.
+
+