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Recent Trends of Electronic Dictionary Research and Development in Europe
(March 1994)88 p. EDR TM-038 Japan Electronic Dictionary Research Ltd Technical Memorandum, EDR TM-038.
Abstract
Recent developments in Natural Language Processing have highlighted the lack of multi-usage lexical resources. Reusable lexical resources should noticeably reduce the cost of development of Natural Language Processing (NLP) applications. This reusability can be reached by using generic lexical databases as lexical source for NLP applications. This approach also allows easier management of lexical resources. As a result, many projects are conducted in several parts of the world in order to study and try to solve the problem of lexical resources for Natural Language Processing. The first aim of this report is to make a survey of existing European projects and developments concerning electronic dictionaries. Different approaches have been selected by different projects, some of them focussing on multilingual aspects, others proposing solutions for monolingual aspects. The second aim of this report is to compare the EDR project in Japan with the major European projects concerning electronic dictionaries. Among these projects, we will focus on the Multilex (multilingual aspects) and Genelex (monolingual aspects) projects. We also present "Le Lexicaliste," a commercial software for monolingual lexical database management.
