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author: aarne <aarne@cs.chalmers.se> 2008-06-27 11:59:03 +0000
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+<P>
+<center>
+</P>
+<P>
+<IMG ALIGN="middle" SRC="doc/gf-logo.png" BORDER="0" ALT="">
+</P>
+<H1>Grammatical Framework</H1>
+<P>
+Version 3.0
+</P>
+<P>
+June 2008
+</P>
+<P>
+<font size=+2>
+</P>
+<P>
+<CODE>[</CODE> <A HREF="demos/">Demos</A>
+<CODE>|</CODE> <A HREF="download">Download</A>
+<CODE>|</CODE> <A HREF="lib/resource/doc/synopsis.html">Libraries</A>
+<CODE>|</CODE> <A HREF="doc/gf-refman.html">Reference</A>
+<CODE>|</CODE> <A HREF="doc/gf-tutorial.html">Tutorial</A>
+<CODE>]</CODE> 
+</P>
+<P>
+</font>
+</P>
+<P>
+<CODE>[</CODE> <A HREF="demos/">Demos</A>
+<CODE>|</CODE> <A HREF="download">Download</A>
+<CODE>|</CODE> <A HREF="doc/darcs.html">Developers</A>
+<CODE>|</CODE> <A HREF="doc/events.html">Events</A>
+<CODE>|</CODE> <A HREF="lib/">Libraries</A>
+<CODE>|</CODE> <A HREF="doc/gf-people.html">People</A>
+<CODE>|</CODE> <A HREF="doc/projects.html">Projects</A>
+<CODE>|</CODE> <A HREF="doc/gf-tutorial.html">Publications</A>
+<CODE>|</CODE> <A HREF="doc/gf-refman.html">Reference</A>
+<CODE>|</CODE> <A HREF="doc/gf-tutorial.html">Tutorial</A>
+<CODE>]</CODE> 
+</P>
+<P>
+</center>
+</P>
+<P>
+<font size=-1>
+</P>
+<H2>News</H2>
+<P>
+27 June 2008: release of GF 3.0 and a new web page; the old web page is 
+<A HREF="index-2.html">here</A>.
+</P>
+<P>
+</font>
+</P>
+<H2>What is GF</H2>
+<P>
+GF, Grammatical Framework, is a programming language for 
+<B>multilingual grammar applications</B>. It is
+</P>
+<UL>
+<LI>a <B>special-purpose language for grammars</B>, like YACC, Bison, Happy, BNFC, 
+  but not restricted to programming languages
+<LI>a <B>functional language</B>, like Haskell, Lisp, OCaml, Scheme, SML,
+  but specialized to grammar writing
+<LI>a <B>natural language processing framework</B>, like LKB, XLE, Regulus,
+  but based on functional programming and type theory
+<LI>a <B>categorial grammar formalism</B>, like ACG, CCG,
+  but different and equipped with different tools
+<LI>a <B>logical framework</B>, like Agda, Coq, Isabelle,
+  but equipped with concrete syntax in addition to logic
+</UL>
+
+<P>
+Don't worry if you don't know most of the references above - but if you do know at
+least one, it may help you to get a first idea of what GF is.
+</P>
+<H2>Applications</H2>
+<P>
+GF can be used for building
+</P>
+<UL>
+<LI>[text translators ]
+<LI>[speech translators ]
+<LI>[natural-language interfaces ]
+<LI>[multilingual web pages ]
+<LI>[multilingual authoring systems ]
+<LI>[dialogue systems ]
+<LI>[language training systems ]
+<LI>[natural language resources ]
+</UL>
+
+<H2>Availability</H2>
+<P>
+GF is <B>open-source</B>, licensed under [GPL ] (the program) and [LGPL ] (the libraries). It
+is available for 
+</P>
+<UL>
+<LI>[Linux ]
+<LI>[Mac OS X ]
+<LI>[Windows ]
+<LI>via compilation to [JavaScript ], almost any platform that has a web browser
+</UL>
+
+<H2>Projects</H2>
+<P>
+GF was born in 1998 at Xerox Research Centre Europe, Grenoble in the project
+Multilingual Document Authoring. At Xerox, it was used for prototypes including
+a restaurant phrase book in 6 languages,
+a database query system in 7 languages,
+a formalization of an alarm system instructions with translations to 5 languages, and
+an authoring system for medical drug descriptions in 2 languages.
+</P>
+<P>
+Later projects using GF and involving third parties include, in chronological order,
+</P>
+<UL>
+<LI>GF-Alfa: natural language interface to formal proofs
+<LI>GF-KeY: authoring and translation of software specifications
+<LI>TALK: multilingual and multimodal spoken dialogue systems
+<LI>WebALT: multilingual generation of mathematical exercises (commercial project)
+<LI>MultiWiki: multilingual Wiki for restaurant reviews
+<LI>SALDO: Swedish morphological dictionary based on tools developed for GF
+</UL>
+
+<P>
+Academically, GF has been used in four [PhD theses ], and resulted in around
+fifty [scientific publications ].
+</P>
+<H2>Programming in GF</H2>
+<P>
+GF is easy to learn by following the <A HREF="doc/gf-tutorial.html">tutorial</A>. You can write your
+first translator in 15 minutes.
+</P>
+<P>
+GF has an interactive command interpreter, as well as a batch compiler. Grammars can be
+compiled to parser and translator code in many different formats.  These components can 
+then be embedded in applications written in other programming languages. The formats
+currently supported are:
+</P>
+<UL>
+<LI>Haskell
+<LI>Java
+<LI>JavaScript
+<LI>Prolog
+<LI>Speech recognition: HTK/ATK, Nuance, JSGF
+</UL>
+
+<P>
+The GF programming language is high-level and advanced, featuring
+</P>
+<UL>
+<LI>static type checking
+<LI>higher-order functions
+<LI>dependent types
+<LI>pattern matching with data constructors and regular expressions
+<LI>module system with multiple inheritance and parametrized modules
+</UL>
+
+<H2>Libraries</H2>
+<P>
+Libraries are at the heart of modern software engineering. In natural language 
+applications, libraries are a way to cope with thousands of details involved in
+syntax, lexicon, and inflection. The <A HREF="lib/">GF resource grammar library</A> has
+support for an increasing number of languages, currently including
+</P>
+<OL>
+<LI>Arabic (partial)
+<LI>Bulgarian
+<LI>Catalan (partial)
+<LI>Danish
+<LI>English
+<LI>Finnish
+<LI>French
+<LI>German 
+<LI>Hindi/Urdu (fragments)
+<LI><A HREF="http://www.interlingua.com/">Interlingua</A>
+<LI>Italian
+<LI>Norwegian bokm�l
+<LI>Russian
+<LI>Spanish
+<LI>Swedish
+<LI>Thai (fragments)
+</OL>
+
+<P>
+Adding a language to the resource library takes 3 to 9 
+months - <A HREF="doc/projects.html">contributions</A>
+are welcome!
+</P>
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author	aarne <aarne@cs.chalmers.se>	2008-06-27 11:59:03 +0000
committer	aarne <aarne@cs.chalmers.se>	2008-06-27 11:59:03 +0000
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