BibTeX
@InProceedings{mahlow2008b,
author = {Mahlow, Cerstin and Piotrowski, Michael and Hess, Michael},
title = {{Language-aware Text Editing}},
booktitle = {LREC 2008 Workshop on NLP Resources, Algorithms and Tools for Authoring
Aids},
year = {2008},
editor = {Dale, Robert and Max, Aur{é}lien and Zock, Michael},
pages = {9-13},
address = {Marrakech, Morocco},
organization = {ELRA},
abstract = {{While software developers have various power tools at their disposal
that make the writing of computer programs more efficient, authors
of texts do not have the support of such power tools. Text processors
still operate on the level of characters and strings rather than
on the level of word forms and grammatical constructions. This forces
authors to constantly switch between low-level, character oriented,
editing operations and high-level, conceptual, verbalisation processes.
We suggest the development of language-aware text editing tools that
simplify certain frequent, yet complex editing operations by defining
them on the level of linguistic units. Pluralizing an entire noun
phrase plus the verb forms governed by it would be an ambitious example,
swapping the elements of a conjunctive construction a more modest
one. We describe a pilot implementation for German where these operations
are seamlessly integrated with the standard functions of an existing
open-source editor. The operations can be invoked on demand and do
not intrude on the authoring process. Changes can be performed locally
or globally, thus simplifying the writing process considerably, and
making the resulting texts more consistent.}},
citeulike-article-id = {2859514},
keywords = {editing, lingured, word-processing, writing},
posted-at = {2008-06-04 22:32:09},
priority = {0}
}