diff --git a/lib/resource-1.0/doc/index.html b/lib/resource-1.0/doc/index.html index f0b6da1e0..ff9cb8911 100644 --- a/lib/resource-1.0/doc/index.html +++ b/lib/resource-1.0/doc/index.html @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@

GF Resource Grammar Library v. 1.0

Author: Aarne Ranta <aarne (at) cs.chalmers.se>
-Last update: Tue Jun 20 18:40:08 2006 +Last update: Wed Jun 21 18:21:48 2006

@@ -18,25 +18,26 @@ Last update: Tue Jun 20 18:40:08 2006
  • License
  • Scope
  • Quick start +
  • Encoding -
  • Using the library +
  • Using the library -
  • Example applications +
  • Example applications -
  • Known bugs and missing components -
  • More reading +
  • Known bugs and missing components +
  • More reading

    @@ -52,9 +53,8 @@ Italian, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish. New: User manual of the resource library.

    -Notice. This document concerns the API v. 1.0 which has not -yet been "officially" released. The release is planned in the end -of June 2006. +Notice. This document concerns the API v. 1.0 released +on June 22, 2006.

    Authors

    @@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ Inger Andersson and Therese Soderberg (Spanish morphology), Nicolas Barth and Sylvain Pogodalla (French verb list), Janna Khegai (Russian modules), Bjorn Bringert (many Swadesh lexica), -Carlos Gonzalia (Spanish cardinals), -Harald Hammarstrom (German morphology), +Carlos Gonzalía (Spanish cardinals), +Harald Hammarström (German morphology), Patrik Jansson (Swedish cardinals), Andreas Priesnitz (German lexicon), Aarne Ranta. @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ Coverage, for each language:
  • complete morphology
  • lexicon of the ca. 100 most important structural words
  • test lexicon of ca. 300 content words (rough equivalents in each language) -
  • list of irregular verbs (language-dependent) +
  • list of irregular verbs (separately for each language)
  • representative fragment of syntax (cf. CLE (Core Language Engine))
  • rather flat semantics (cf. Quasi-Logical Form of CLE) @@ -142,8 +142,7 @@ Go to the main directory, compile the grammars, and run a test.

    This will take quite some time. An alternative is to use the precompiled grammar package compiled.tgz. -This package -has the necessary gfc and gfr files directly under GF/lib. +This package has the necessary gfc and gfr files directly under GF/lib.

         GF/lib/alltenses
    @@ -164,6 +163,17 @@ Do for instance
     For more examples, see the Overview slides. 
     

    +

    Encoding

    +

    +Finnish, German, Romance, and Scandinavian languages are in isolatin-1. +

    +

    +Russian is in UTF-8. +

    +

    +English is in pure ASCII. +

    +

    The language independent ground API

    This API is accessible by both present and alltenses. @@ -197,7 +207,7 @@ The documentation of the individual modules:

  • Lang: the main module comprising both Grammar and Lexicon - +

    The language-dependent APIs

    • ParadigmsDan: Danish lexical paradigms @@ -213,12 +223,13 @@ The documentation of the individual modules:
      -
    • IrregDan: Danish irregular verbs (very incomplete) -
    • IrregEng: English irregular verbs -
    • IrregFre: French irregular verbs -
    • IrregGer: German irregular verbs -
    • IrregNor: Norwegian irregular verbs (very incomplete) -
    • IrregSwe: Swedish irregular verbs +
    • IrregDan: Danish irregular verbs (very incomplete) +
    • IrregEng: English irregular verbs +
    • IrregFre: French irregular verbs +
    • IrregGer: German irregular verbs +
    • IrregNor: Norwegian irregular verbs (very incomplete) +
    • IrregSpa: Spanish irregular verbs +
    • IrregSwe: Swedish irregular verbs

    @@ -229,23 +240,32 @@ This is the structure of each language-dependent top module.

    • Extra: extra constructs implemented in some languages -
    • ExtraEng: extra constructs in English only -
    • ExtraFin: extra constructs in Finnish only -
    • ExtraFre: extra constructs in French only -
    • ExtraNor: extra constructs in Norwegian only -
    • ExtraScand: extra constructs in Scandinavian only +
    • ExtraDan: extra constructs in Danish +
    • ExtraEng: extra constructs in English +
    • ExtraFin: extra constructs in Finnish +
    • ExtraFre: extra constructs in French +
    • ExtraIta: extra constructs in Italian +
    • ExtraNor: extra constructs in Norwegian +
    • ExtraRus: extra constructs in Russian +
    • ExtraScand: extra constructs in Scandinavian +
    • ExtraSpa: extra constructs in Spanish +
    • ExtraSwe: extra constructs in Swedish
    - +

    Special-purpose APIs

    Present

    @@ -273,9 +293,9 @@ gesture. Some functions for constructing demonstratives are provided.

  • Symbol: symbols and numbers in text - -

    Using the library

    +

    Using the library

    +

    The compiled version

    The simplest way to get the library is to install the precompiled version @@ -297,7 +317,7 @@ library. Use one (or several) of the following packages instead: multimodal dialogue applications - +

    Linking applications to libraries

    Typically, open one of @@ -336,7 +356,7 @@ The mathematical API shares modules with present. It is therefore not a good idea to use it in combination with alltenses.

    - +

    Using the libraries as top-level grammars

    If you have done make in lib/resource-1.0, you will have @@ -367,27 +387,30 @@ must be used:

  • Parsing with the -fcfg flag takes a few extra seconds the first time during -each session, but gets faster at later runs. +each session, but gets faster at later runs. From GF 2.6, fcfg is the +default parser of GF and the flag is not needed.

    -It is also feasible to parse in Scandinavian languages (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish). +It is also possible to parse in Scandinavian languages +(Danish, Norwegian, Swedish) and, with enough memory (gf +RTS -K512M), +German.

    - +

    Example applications

    These applications are meant to serve as starting points for new applications, showing how the libraries can be used in typical situations.

    - -

    Brozeage

    + +

    Bronzeage

    The examples/bronzeage grammar set implements a language fragment based on the Swadesh list of 200 words. It is useful for things like language training.

    - +

    Dialogue

    The examples/dialogue @@ -396,7 +419,7 @@ multimodal dialogue system. Its purpose is to serve as a prototype for applications in the TALK project.

    - +

    Animals

    The examples/animal @@ -404,7 +427,7 @@ grammar set implements some queries about animals. Its purpose is to serve as a prototype for example-based grammar writing.

    - +

    Known bugs and missing components

    Danish @@ -416,10 +439,6 @@ Danish

    English

    - -

    Finnish

    @@ -431,22 +450,17 @@ Finnish French

    German

    - -

    Italian

    @@ -470,16 +484,13 @@ Spanish

    Swedish

    - - - +

    More reading

    GF Resource Grammar Library (pdf).