The KPML documentation

The KPML documentation
Knowledge representation
interface functions
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Bateman et al. () and Matthiessen et al. ()), and for using such resources for text
generation. More generally, the intended purposes of KPML are:
● to offer generation projects large-scale, general linguistic resources
which:
❍ are well tested and verified in their coverage,
❍ possess standardized input and output specifications,
❍ and are appropriate for practical generation;
● to offer generation projects a basic engine for using such resources for
generation;
● to encourage the development of similarly structured resources for
languages where they do not already exist,
● to provide optimal user-support for undertaking such development and
refining general resources to specific needs;
● to minimise the overhead (and cost) of providing texts in multiple
languages;
● to encourage contrastive functional linguistic work;
● to raise awareness and acceptance of text generation as a useful
endeavor.
This document provides complete instructions for using the system for
developing and maintaining linguistic resources for natural language
generation.
The sources of the current public release of the system can be found in the
KPML directory on the IPSI anonymous ftp server. Use is free for academic
and research purposes. Users are asked to make available any developed
resources for the benefit of others. A linguistic resource development group is
currently being formed.
NOTE: this documentation is also available as a hardcopy manual. Minor
differences may develop between the two versions; these differences will be
added to a special section. In addition, figures and screendumps are
generally replaced in this version by their color versions. This has not yet
been carried out for all screendumps, but is happening.
● Acknowledgements
● Differences to the hardcopy version
● Contents
● List of Figures
● List of Tables
● Index
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