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diff --git a/doc/gf-faq.t2t b/doc/gf-faq.t2t deleted file mode 100644 index 016511cf0..000000000 --- a/doc/gf-faq.t2t +++ /dev/null @@ -1,91 +0,0 @@ -Grammatical Framework: Frequently Asked Quuestions -Aarne Ranta -%%date(%c) - -% NOTE: this is a txt2tags file. -% Create an html file from this file using: -% txt2tags gf-bibliography.t2t - -%!style:../css/style.css -%!target:html -%!options(html): --toc -%!postproc(html): <TITLE> <meta name = "viewport" content = "width = device-width"><TITLE> -%!postproc(html): #BR <br> -%!encoding:utf-8 -%!postproc(html): <H1> <H1><a href="../"><IMG src="../doc/Logos/gf0.png"></a> - - -===What has been done with GF?=== - -**Translation**: systems with any number of parallel languages, with input in one language and output in all the others. - -**Natural language generation** (NLG): translation from a formal language to natural languages. - -**Ontology verbalization** is a special case of NLG. - -**Language training**: grammar and vocabulary training systems. - -**Human-computer interaction**: natural language interfaces, spoken dialogue systems. - -**Linguistics**: comparisons between languages. - - - -===What parts does GF have?=== - -A **grammar compiler**, used for compiling grammars to parsing, generation, and translation code. - -A **run-time system**, used for parsing, generation and translation. The run-time system is available in several languages: -Haskell, Java, C, C++, Javascript, and Python. The point with this is that you can include GF-based parsing and generation in -larger programs written in any of these languages. - -A **resource grammar library**, containing the morphology and basic syntax of currently 26 languages. - -A **web application toolkit**, containing server-side (Haskell) and client-side (Javascript) libraries. - -An **integrated development environment**, the GF-Eclipse plug-in. - -A **shell**, i.e. a command interpreter for testing and developing GF grammars. This is the program started by the command ``gf`` in a terminal. - - - -===Is GF open-source?=== - - -===Can I use GF for commercial applications?=== - -Yes. Those parts of GF that you will need to distribute - the run-time system and the libraries - are licensed under LGPL and BSD; it's up to you to choose which. - - - -===When was GF started?=== - - -===Where does the name GF come from?=== - -GF = Grammatical Framework = LF + concrete syntax - -LF = Logical Framework - -Logical Frameworks are implementations of type theory, which have been built since the 1980's to support formalized mathematics. GF has its roots in -type theory, which is widely used in the semantics of natural language. Some of these ideas were first implemented in ALF, Another Logical Framework, -in 1992; the book //Type-Theoretical Grammar// (by A. Ranta, OUP 1994) has a chapter and an appendix on this. The first implementations did not have -a parser, and GF proper, started in 1998, was an implementation of yet another LF together with concrete syntax supporting generation and parsing. -Grammatical Framework was a natural name for this. We tried to avoid it in the beginning, because it sounded pretentious in its generality. But the -name was just too natural to be avoided. - - - -===Is GF backward compatible?=== - - - -===Do I need Haskell to use GF?=== - -No. GF is a language of its own, and you don't need to know Haskell. And if you download the GF binary, you don't need any Haskell tools. But if you want to -become a GF developer, then it's better you install GF from the latest source, and then you need the GHC Haskell compiler to compile GF. But even then, you -don't need to know Haskell yourself. - - -===What is a lock field?=== - |