MLIF: A Metamodel to Represent and Exchange Multilingual Textual Information

Samuel Cruz-Lara (1) , Gil Francopoulo (2) , Laurent Romary (3) , Nasredine Semar (4)

1 TALARIS - Natural Language Processing: representation, inference and semantics
2 Tagmatica
3 GEMO - Integration of data and knowledge distributed over the web
4 LIST (CEA) - Laboratoire d'Intégration des Systèmes et des Technologies

The fast evolution of language technology has produced pressing needs in standardization. The multiplicity of language resources representation levels and the specialization of these representations make difficult the interaction between linguistic resources and components manipulating these resources. In this paper, we describe the MultiLingual Information Framework (MLIF – ISO CD 24616). MLIF is a metamodel which allows the representation and the exchange of multilingual textual information. This generic metamodel is designed to provide a common platform for all the tools developed around the existing multilingual data exchange formats. This is a work in progress within ISO-TC37 in order to define a new ISO standard.

Domaines: Informatique et langage [cs.CL]

Samuel Cruz-Lara, Gil Francopoulo, Laurent Romary, Nasredine Semar. MLIF: A Metamodel to Represent and Exchange Multilingual Textual Information. LREC (Language Resources and Evaluation Conference), May 2010, Valletta, Malta. ⟨inria-00518060⟩