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:
- Actieplan voor het Nederlands in de taal- en spraaktechnologie: prioriteiten voor basisvoorzieningen
- Platform BC
- BaTaVo: Basis Taal Voorzieningen
- BLaRK: the Basic Language Resource Kit
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. - 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:
- Results of R&D: BLaRK for Dutch. HLT Collaboration workshop, Cape Town, SA, 24-11-2008 [PPT]
- Introduction to BLaRKs. HLT Collaboration workshop, Cape Town, SA, 24-11-2008 [PPT]
- Via BaTaVo en prioriteitenlijst op weg naar een (betere) TST-infrastructuur voor het Nederlands. Antwerpen, 07-02-2003 [PPT]
- Dutch HLT Resources: from BLARK to Priority Lists. ICSLP-2002, Denver [PPT]
- A Field Survey for Establishing Priorities in the Development of HLT Resources for Dutch. LREC-2002, Las Palmas [PPT]
- Strengthening the Dutch Language and Speech Technology Infrastructure. COCOSDA-2001, Aalborg [PPT]
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