paper

A General Architecture for Language Engineering (GATE) - a new approach to Language Engineering R&D

arXiv:cmp-lg/9601009

Abstract

This report argues for the provision of a common software infrastructure for NLP systems. Current trends in Language Engineering research are reviewed as motivation for this infrastructure, and relevant recent work discussed. A freely-available system called GATE is described which builds on this work.

52 page technical report, LaTeX 2e source