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<H1>Grammatical Framework</H1>
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Version 3.5
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<br>
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August 2013
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[ <A HREF="demos/index.html">Demos</A>
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| <a href="/~hallgren/gf-experiment/browse/">Browse GF Source Code</a><small style="color: red"><em>New!</em></small>
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<H2>News</H2>
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<tr><td>2013-10-18:<td>New resource grammar language: Estonian.
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See <a href="lib/doc/synopsis.html">library synopsis</a>.
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<tr><td>2013-09-18:<td>New <a href="https://github.com/GrammaticalFramework/gf-contrib">GF contributions repository</a>, hosted on GitHub.
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<tr><td>2013-08-06:<td><strong>GF 3.5 released!</strong>
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<a href="download/release-3.5.html">Release notes</a>.
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<tr><td>2013-07-26:<td>Started a page with <A HREF="lib/doc/rgl-publications.html">RGL Documentation and Publications</A>.
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<tr><td>2013-06-24:<td>We are now running the IRC channel <strong><code>#gf</code></strong> on the Freenode network.
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<tr><td>2013-06-19:<td>New resource grammar language: Maltese.
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See <a href="lib/doc/synopsis.html">library synopsis</a>.
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<tr><td>2013-04-25:<td>New resource grammar language: Greek.
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See <a href="lib/doc/synopsis.html">library synopsis</a>.
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<tr><td>2013-01-31:<td><strong>GF 3.4 released!</strong>
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<a href="download/release-3.4.html">Release notes</a>.
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<tr><td>2012-12-10:<td>
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<a href="http://www.postcrashgames.com/gf_world/">Resource Grammar Library
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coverage map</a>, created by Tommi Nieminen.
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<tr><td>2012-11-18:<td>
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<A HREF="http://school.grammaticalframework.org/2013">GF Summer School</A>
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in Frauenchiemsee, 18-30 August 2013.
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<tr><td>2012-11-18:<td>New resource grammar language: Chinese.
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See <a href="lib/doc/synopsis.html">library synopsis</a>.
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Complete but not yet perfect.
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<tr><td>2012-06-29:<td>GF sources now mirrored in GitHub, with change
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statistics and other browsing features.
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See <a href="https://github.com/GrammaticalFramework/GF/"><tt>github.com/GrammaticalFramework/GF</tt></a>
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<tr><td>2012-05-07:<td>New resource grammar language: Japanese.
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See <a href="lib/doc/synopsis.html">library synopsis</a>.
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<tr><td>2012-03-23:<td>There will be a
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<a href="gf-tutorial-icfp-2012/">GF tutorial at ICFP 2012</a>
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in Copenhagen.
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<tr><td>2012-03-03:<td><strong>GF 3.3.3 released!</strong>
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<a href="download/release-3.3.3.html">Release notes</a>.
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<tr><td>2012-02-24:<td>New resource grammar languages: Hindi, Sindhi.
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See <a href="lib/doc/synopsis.html">library synopsis</a>.
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<tr><td>2011-12-29:<td>New resource grammar languages: Latvian, Thai.
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See <a href="lib/doc/synopsis.html">library synopsis</a>.
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<tr><td>2011-10-27:<td><strong>GF 3.3 released!</strong>
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<a href="download/release-3.3.html">Release notes</a>.
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<tr><td>2011-09-20:<td>There is now a page collecting
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<a href="doc/gf-editor-modes.html">editor modes for GF</a>.
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Contributions are welcome!
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<tr><td>2011-09-12:<td><strong>GF 3.2.9</strong> source snapshot with faster grammar compilation available. See <a href="download/index.html">Downloads</a>.
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<tr><td>2011-04-22:<td><a href="android/tutorial/">JPGF Android Tutorial</a> added.
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<tr><td>2011-04-15:<td>The <a href="gf-book">GF Book</a> is available.
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<tr><td>2011-01-13:<td><a href="http://www.molto-project.eu/node/1177">Phrasedroid
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available on the Android Market</a>.
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<tr><td>2011-01-04:<td>GF is part of the
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<a href="http://www.clt.gu.se/clt-toolkit">CLT Toolkit</a>.
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<tr><td>2010-12-23:<td><strong>GF 3.2 released!</strong>
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<a href="download/release-3.2.html">Release notes</a>.
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<H2>What is GF</H2>
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GF, Grammatical Framework, is a programming language for
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<B>multilingual grammar applications</B>. It is
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<LI>a <B>special-purpose language for grammars</B>, like
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<a href="http://dinosaur.compilertools.net/yacc/">YACC</a>,
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<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/">Bison</a>,
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<a href="http://www.haskell.org/happy/">Happy</a>,
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<a href="http://bnfc.digitalgrammars.com/">BNFC</a>,
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but not restricted to programming languages
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<LI>a <B>functional programming language</B>, like
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<a href="http://www.haskell.org/">Haskell</a>,
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_(programming_language)">Lisp</a>,
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<a href="http://ocaml.org/">OCaml</a>,
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<a href="http://www.smlnj.org/">SML</a>,
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<a href="http://schemers.org/">Scheme</a>,
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but specialized to grammar writing
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<LI>a <B>development platform for natural language grammars</B>, like
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<a href="http://moin.delph-in.net/LkbTop">LKB</a>,
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<a href="http://www2.parc.com/isl/groups/nltt/xle/">XLE</a>,
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<a href="http://www.issco.unige.ch/en/research/projects/regulus/news.shtml">Regulus</a>,
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but based on functional programming and type theory
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<LI>a <B>categorial grammar formalism</B>, like
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<a href="http://www.loria.fr/equipes/calligramme/acg/">ACG</a>,
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<a href="http://openccg.sourceforge.net/">CCG</a>,
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but specialized for multilingual grammars,
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<LI>a <B>logical framework</B>, like
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<a href="http://wiki.portal.chalmers.se/agda/pmwiki.php">Agda</a>,
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<a href="http://coq.inria.fr/">Coq</a>,
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<a href="http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/hvg/Isabelle/">Isabelle</a>,
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but equipped with concrete syntax in addition to logic
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<li>a <b>platform for machine translation</b>, like
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<a href="http://www.statmt.org/moses/">Moses</a>,
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<a href="http://www.apertium.org/">Apertium</a>,
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but based on deep structural analysis (and usually applied for
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limited fragments of language).
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</UL>
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<P>
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Don't worry if you don't know most of the references above - but if you do know at
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least one, it may help you to get a first idea of what GF is.
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</P>
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<H2>Applications</H2>
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GF can be used for building
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<LI><A HREF="http://cloud.grammaticalframework.org/translator/">translation systems</A>
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<LI><A HREF="http://cloud.grammaticalframework.org/minibar/minibar.html">multilingual web gadgets</A>
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<LI><A HREF="http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~hallgren/Alfa/Tutorial/GFplugin.html">natural-language interfaces</A>
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<LI><A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bfaYHWS6zU">dialogue systems</A>
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<LI><A HREF="lib/doc/synopsis.html">natural language resources</A>
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<H2>Availability</H2>
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GF is <B>open-source</B>, licensed under <A HREF="LICENSE">GPL</A> (the program) and
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<A HREF="./LICENSE">LGPL</A> and <A HREF="./LICENSE">BSD</A> (the libraries). It
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is available for
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<LI>Linux
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<LI>Mac OS X
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<LI>Windows
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<li>Android mobile platform (via Java; runtime)
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<LI>via compilation to JavaScript, almost any platform that has a web browser (runtime)
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<H2>Projects</H2>
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GF was first created in 1998 at
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<A HREF="http://www.xrce.xerox.com/">Xerox Research Centre Europe</A>,
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Grenoble, in the project
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Multilingual Document Authoring. At Xerox, it was used for prototypes including
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a restaurant phrase book,
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a database query system,
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a formalization of an alarm system instructions with translations to 5 languages, and
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an authoring system for medical drug descriptions.
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<P>
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Later projects using GF and involving third parties include, in chronological order,
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<LI><A HREF="http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~hallgren/Alfa/Tutorial/GFplugin.html">GF-Alfa</A>:
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natural language interface to formal proofs
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<LI><A HREF="http://efficient.citi.tudor.lu/index_noframe.html">Efficient</A>:
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authoring tool for business models.
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<LI><A HREF="http://www.key-project.org/">GF-KeY</A>:
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authoring and translation of software specifications
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<LI><A HREF="http://www.talk-project.org">TALK</A>:
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multilingual and multimodal spoken dialogue systems
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<LI><A HREF="http://webalt.math.helsinki.fi/">WebALT</A>:
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multilingual generation of mathematical exercises (commercial project)
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<LI><A HREF="http://spraakbanken.gu.se/sal/">SALDO</A>:
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Swedish morphological dictionary based on rules developed for GF and
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<A HREF="http://www.cse.chalmers.se/alumni/markus/FM/">Functional Morphology</A>
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<LI><a href="http://www.molto-project.eu">MOLTO</a>:
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multilingual online translation
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<LI><a href="http://remu.grammaticalframework.org">REMU</a>:
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reliable multilingual digital communication.
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<p>
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Here is a <a
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href="http://videos.xrce.xerox.com/index.php/videos/index/618">talk
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about GF at XRCE</a>,
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14 years later.
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Academically, GF has been used in at least ten PhD theses and resulted
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in more than a hundred
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scientific publications (see <A HREF="doc/gf-bibliography.html">GF publication list</A>).
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<H2>Programming in GF</H2>
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GF is easy to learn by following the <A HREF="doc/tutorial/gf-tutorial.html">tutorial</A>.
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You can write your first translator in 15 minutes.
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<P>
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GF has an interactive command interpreter, as well as a batch compiler.
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Grammars can be compiled to parser and translator code in many different
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formats. These components can then be embedded in applications written
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in other programming languages. The formats currently supported are:
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<LI>Haskell
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<li>Java, in particular the Android platform
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<LI>JavaScript
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<LI>Speech recognition: HTK/ATK, Nuance, JSGF
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<P>
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The GF programming language is high-level and advanced, featuring
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<LI>static type checking
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<LI>higher-order functions
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<LI>dependent types
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<LI>pattern matching with data constructors and regular expressions
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<LI>module system with multiple inheritance and parametrized modules
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<h3>Getting help</h3>
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<p>
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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>.
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<H2>Libraries</H2>
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Libraries are at the heart of modern software engineering. In natural language
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applications, libraries are a way to cope with thousands of details involved in
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syntax, lexicon, and inflection. The
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<A HREF="lib/doc/synopsis.html">GF resource grammar library</A> has
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support for an increasing number of languages, currently including
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<LI>Afrikaans
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<LI>Amharic (partial)
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<LI>Arabic (partial)
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<LI>Bulgarian
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<LI>Catalan
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<LI>Chinese
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<LI>Danish
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<LI>Dutch
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<LI>English
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<LI>Estonian
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<LI>Finnish
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<LI>French
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<LI>German
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<li>Greek
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<li>Hebrew (fragments)
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<LI>Hindi
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<LI><A HREF="http://www.interlingua.com/">Interlingua</A>
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<LI>Japanese
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<LI>Italian
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<LI>Latin (fragments)
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<LI>Latvian
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<li>Maltese
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<LI>Nepali
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<LI>Norwegian bokmål
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<LI>Persian
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<LI>Polish
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<li>Punjabi
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<LI>Romanian
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<LI>Russian
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<LI>Sindhi
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<LI>Spanish
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<li>Swahili (fragments)
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<LI>Swedish
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<LI>Thai
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<LI>Turkish (fragments)
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<LI>Urdu
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</ol>
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<P>
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Adding a language to the resource library takes 3 to 9
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months - contributions
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are welcome! You can start with the <A HREF="doc/gf-lrec-2010.pdf">resource grammarian's tutorial</A>.
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