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BLaRK: Basic Language Resource Kit

BLaRK: Basic Language Resource Kit

On this page you can find information (reports, other publications, presentations, links, etc.) about the Basic Language Resource Kit (BLaRK). A study on the Dutch BLaRK has been carried out in Flanders & The Netherlands (2000-2002).  This study was at the basis of the Flemish-Dutch Language and Speech-processing Technology Programme (STEVIN).

Several terms have been used in relation to this study:


The reports
(in Dutch):

W. Daelemans & H. Strik (red.) (2002)
Het Nederlands in de taal- en spraaktechnologie:
prioriteiten voor basisvoorzieningen. (01/07/2002, eindrapport)
Een rapport in opdracht van de Nederlandse Taalunie. [PDF] [PS]
W. Daelemans & H. Strik (red.) (2001)
Actieplan voor het Nederlands in de taal- en spraaktechnologie:
prioriteiten voor basisvoorzieningen. (27/09/2001, 1e versie)
Een rapport in opdracht van de Nederlandse Taalunie. [PDF]

Other publications on the BLaRK for Dutch:


H. Strik, W. Daelemans, D. Binnenpoorte, J. Sturm, F. De Vriend, C. Cucchiarini (2002)
Dutch HLT resources: From blark to priority lists.
Proc. of ICSLP-2002, Denver, USA, pp. 1549-1552. [PDF]
D. Binnenpoorte, F. De Vriend, J. Sturm, W. Daelemans, H. Strik, C. Cucchiarini (2002)
A Field Survey for Establishing Priorities in the Development of HLT Resources for Dutch.
Proc. of LREC-2002, the third Int. Language Resources and Evaluation Conf. (LREC), Las Palmas, Spain. [PDF]
D. Binnenpoorte, C. Cucchiarini, E. d'Halleweyn, J. Sturm & F. de Vriend (2002)
Towards a roadmap for Human Language Technologies: Dutch-Flemish experience.
Proc. of LREC-2002, the third Int. Language Resources and Evaluation Conf. (LREC), Las Palmas, Spain. [PDF]
Cucchiarini, C., D'Halleweyn, E. and Teunissen, L. (2002)
A Human Language Technologies Platform for the Dutch language: awareness, management, maintenance and distribution.
Proc. of LREC-2002, the third Int. Language Resources and Evaluation Conf. (LREC), Las Palmas, Spain.
C. Cucchiarini, W. Daelemans and H. Strik (2001)
Strengthening the Dutch Human Language Technology Infrastructure
ELRA newsletter, Vol. 6, nr. 4, pp. 3-7. [PDF] [DOC]
C. Cucchiarini, W. Daelemans and H. Strik (2001)
Strengthening the Dutch Language and Speech Technology Infrastructure
Notes from the Cocosda Workshop 2001, Aalborg, 2 Sept. 2001, pp. 110-113. [DOC]
D'Halleweyn, E., Dewallef, E., Beeken, J. (2000)
A Platform for Dutch in Human Language Technologies.
Proc. of LREC-2000, the second Int. Language Resources and Evaluation Conf. (LREC), Athens, Greece.

Some presentations:

Links:
Links to other BLaRK (related) information:

Other publications:

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Last updated on 12-02-2009