[FYI] Language engineering - Progress and Prospects 98

[Horns@t-online.de (Axel H. Horns)]

CORDIS RTD-NEWS/c European Communities, 1998 

 Record Control Number : 11652 
                             Date : 1998-11-25 


Category : Publication

General Information : 

The European Commission, DG XIII, has recently published the 1998
Progress and Prospects report on EU projects carried out within the
language engineering sector of Telematics Applications Programme.
These report provides new and updated information on these projects,
which aim to be user driven and application oriented, and were
designed to stimulate and respond to market needs. The report also
looks forward to the Fifth Framework Programme and future research in
the language engineering field. 

The report provides an insight into the importance and potential of
language engineering as the new millennium approaches and reviews
developments in the field in recent years. It also provides details of
the language resources and development tools, language technologies,
language-enabled applications, and pilot services that have been
developed within the Fourth Framework Programme. Important market
sectors where language engineering is expected to have a major impact
in the new millennium are also highlighted. 

The report contains the following sections: 

- Achievements in the EU; 
- Future market prospects; 
- Towards the Fifth RTD Framework Programme; 
- The language engineering sector; 
- Research and technological development prospects. 

A total of 54 projects are described in the report under the following
headings: 

- Telebusiness; 
- Information services; 
- Education and training; 
- Public interest; 
- International business support; 
- Language resources; 
- Infrastructure and support. 

An overview of each project is provided, as well as the contact
details for project coordinators, the starting date and duration of
each project and a list of the project participants. 

Data Source Provider : European Commission, DG XIII

Document Reference : Progress and prospects 1998 report.

Programme Acronym : FRAMEWORK 4C; TELEMATICS 2C

Subject Index Codes : Telecommunications; Information Processing,
Information Systems

Contact Person : 

A copy of the report be downloaded from the following Website: 

http://www.echo.lu/langeng/new.html 

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