Welcome to Palstar, the home of LingDoc
LingDoc is a set of tools for document management and language engineering
It is open source
There are
three subsystems: Transform, Clarity and RevXml
Typical tasks are:
Tasks |
Transform |
Clarity |
RevXml |
Document analysis |
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Document transformation, e.g. up-conversion to XML |
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Word analysis (morphology) |
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Sentence analysis |
x |
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Information extraction from natural language sources |
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Authoring for controlled
languages (in MsWord) |
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Translation for (very)
controlled languages |
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XML document comparison |
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LingDoc comes with a set of lingware, which
are grammars and lexicons for the handling of several subsets of natural
languages.
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(Potential) Users of LingDoc are:
- Companies which are using controlled languages
- Service providers for the language industry
- Dictionary providers who want to leverage the electronic uage of their lexicons
- Developers of addins for Microsoft Office
- Developers of software and/or lingware for the
handling of structure and content of documents
- Computational linguists studying the usability of controlled languages
- Students in Computational Linguistics
Why is LingDoc interesting?
LingDoc provides a head start for the
development of solutions, for internal departments, service providers and
system integrators. Its functionality is based upon practical
application on a daily basis.
LingDoc contains innovative technology, especially in Transform,
based upon research in Computer Science. Its usability has been proven in academic and industrial environments.
Moreover, it is open source.
History
The software stems from projects in which
dozens of man-years have been invested, at sites of Palstar, at the
University of Amsterdam and at Cap Gemini. See the
management summaries.
The software is up and running using the latest versions of software development platforms.
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Terms and conditions
LingDoc is provided as open source; its
manuals and documentation are free of charge. The source code of LingDoc may be reused,
provided that reference is made to Palstar and LingDoc. Palstar lists on its
websites all people who contributed to LingDoc. The user pays a nominal fee for the costs
for the development of the manuals, the reconstruction of LingDoc Clarity and
the maintenance of LingDoc and its website. There is no fee for educational purposes.
Downloads
For instructions for downloading: see the links above.
More information
More information can be found in
The add-on for MsWord was developed using Add-in Express for Office and .net, all-in-one platform for developing Office extensions. |