Multilingual authoring (original) (raw)

2004

This contribution describes the consequences of a multilingual set-up, as used in internet information gathering, search and content processing, for the architecture and the different components of such a system. First the scenario is briefly outlined; then the existing technology components are reviewed, with the focus of the effects of multilingual content to such components. Finally, the linguistic resources are discussed which form the backbone of such a multifunctional and multilingual system. It is shown that adding multilinguality to an information system has massive consequences for the design of all system components and resources. 1 The Crosslingual Scenario Information Acquisition has become a major challenge in the internet age. The amount of information to be monitored has grown significantly, but time and resources to perform this task are still constrained. Tools like personalised electronic news clipping, automatic knowledge mining, or internet monitoring try to matc...