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++24 June 2009: GF version 3.0 released. No longer beta! +
+4 June 2009: GF sources (from the darcs repository) can now be compiled with GHC 6.10.3, but no +longer with GHC 6.8. +
+29 April 2009: GF online course available as videos: see "News" under the +GF Summer School Web Page. +
+20 April 2009: +On-line course "GF for Resource Grammar Writers" starting today at 15.30. See the +Summer School Google Group +for instructions how to start. +
++3 April 2009: +Two demos and one talk on GF at EACL in Athens. +
++20 February 2009: +GF Resource Grammar Summer School +in Gothenburg, 17-28 August 2009. +
++4 November 2008: +GHC 6.10 released, but it doesn't work with GF sources yet. +If compiling GF from source, use e.g. +GHC 6.8.3. +
++15 August 2008: +Numeral translator for the iPhone +
++27 June 2008: +release of GF 3.0 and this new web page; the old web page is +here. +
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++GF, Grammatical Framework, is a programming language for +multilingual grammar applications. It is +
++Don't worry if you don't know most of the references above - but if you do know at +least one, it may help you to get a first idea of what GF is. +
++GF can be used for building +
++GF is open-source, licensed under GPL (the program) and +LGPL (the libraries). It +is available for +
++GF was first created in 1998 at +Xerox Research Centre Europe, +Grenoble, in the project +Multilingual Document Authoring. At Xerox, it was used for prototypes including +a restaurant phrase book, +a database query system, +a formalization of an alarm system instructions with translations to 5 languages, and +an authoring system for medical drug descriptions. +
++Later projects using GF and involving third parties include, in chronological order, +
++Academically, GF has been used in four PhD theses and resulted in around +fifty scientific publications (see GF publication list). +
++GF is easy to learn by following the tutorial. +You can write your first translator in 15 minutes. +
++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: +
++The GF programming language is high-level and advanced, featuring +
++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 +GF resource grammar library has +support for an increasing number of languages, currently including +
++Adding a language to the resource library takes 3 to 9 +months - contributions +are welcome! +
+ + + + diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index d607b61d7..403f6a59e 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -15,10 +15,10 @@-Version 3.0 +Version 3.1
-24 June 2009 +December 2009
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@@ -53,47 +54,8 @@ Version 3.0
-24 June 2009: GF version 3.0 released. No longer beta!
-
-4 June 2009: GF sources (from the darcs repository) can now be compiled with GHC 6.10.3, but no
-longer with GHC 6.8.
-
-29 April 2009: GF online course available as videos: see "News" under the
-GF Summer School Web Page.
-20 April 2009:
-On-line course "GF for Resource Grammar Writers" starting today at 15.30. See the
-Summer School Google Group
-for instructions how to start.
-
-3 April 2009:
-Two demos and one talk on GF at EACL in Athens.
-
-20 February 2009:
-GF Resource Grammar Summer School
-in Gothenburg, 17-28 August 2009.
-
-4 November 2008:
-GHC 6.10 released, but it doesn't work with GF sources yet.
-If compiling GF from source, use e.g.
-GHC 6.8.3.
-
-15 August 2008:
-Numeral translator for the iPhone
-
-27 June 2008:
-release of GF 3.0 and this new web page; the old web page is
-here.
+GF users mailing list and wiki - link forthcoming here!
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-24 November 2009: We have problems with the release via Darcs. You can
-download a recent snapshot of GF (sources, libraries, documentation)
-here (gf-[date].tgz, 13 MB).
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Adding a language to the resource library takes 3 to 9 months - contributions -are welcome! +are welcome! You can start with the resource grammarian's tutorial.
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