Establishing priorities in the developement of HLT resources: the Dutch-Flemish experience
Walter M. P. Daelemans, Diana Binnenpoorte, Folkert de Vriend, J. C. Sturm, Helmer Strik, Catia Cucchiarini · Research portal (Tilburg University) · 2005
In this paper, we describe a survey of Dutch language resources that has been carried out within the framework of a project launched by the Dutch Language Union (Nederlandse Taalunie) with the aim of strengthening the position of Dutch in Human Language Technologies (HLT). In this paper, we present a so-called BLARK (Basic LAnguage Resources Kit). Based on the information collected in the survey, a priority list has been drawn up for materials that need to be developed to complete the BLARK specifically for Dutch. The method employed and reported in this paper is not specific for Dutch and can be adopted for other languages. We report on our experience with the approach and on developments after the initial survey. 1 This paper is an extended version of a paper by the same authors published as “A Field Survey for Establishing Priorities in the Development of HLT Resources for Dutch.” Proceedings of LREC-2002, the third International Language Resources and Evaluation Conference, Las Palmas, Spain, pages 1862-1866, 2002.