Group 3: Tools (existing and future "killer apps") - History Page

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	Jul 19 2009, 5:21 PM EDT	robert_forkel		edit	4 words added 55 words deleted
Change: While there are many tools and methods for both gathering and analyzing data that are particular to the various subdisciplines, sharing and publishing of data seems to be the more pressing issue. The following describes the platform for such a platfrom.High level requirements:data backupdata conversionremote access View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1050)
	Jul 18 2009, 4:31 PM EDT	robert_forkel		edit
Change: There were only format changes (bold, italics, etc.) in this version. See this version for details. (Word count: 1103)
	Jul 18 2009, 12:55 PM EDT	bill_byrne		edit	60 words added 4 words deleted
Change: While there are many tools and methods for both gathering and analyzing data that are particular to the various subdisciplines, sharing and publishing of data seems to be the more pressing issue. The following describes the platform for such a platfrom.High level requirements:data backupdata conversionremote access View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1103)
	Jul 18 2009, 12:44 PM EDT	bill_byrne		edit	11 words added
Change: Conference Results: Design Document for a Linguistics-Oriented Data Sharing/Publishing ToolNotes:Existing ToolsTypeCraft Collaborative text annotationWALS The World Atlas of Language Structures OnlineODIN Online Database of INterlinear glossed textTextGrid "TextGrid aims to create a community grid for View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1046)
	Jul 17 2009, 3:17 PM EDT	sofarrar		edit	12 words added
Change: (including a Python toolkit for data migration; documentation is still being posted)Thai language specific toolsSWATH Thai word segmentation and POS taggingCU Thai word segmentationCU Thai RomanizationiSpeech Automatic speech recognition toolkitVaja Thai/English text-to-speech synthesis engineLIBS String kernel based language-script-encoding (LSE) identifier for 85 LSEs View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1033)
	Jul 17 2009, 3:16 PM EDT	sofarrar		edit	7 words added
Change: : building a cyberinfrastructure for linguisticsThai language specific toolsSWATH Thai word segmentation and POS taggingCU Thai word segmentationCU Thai RomanizationiSpeech Automatic speech recognition toolkitVaja Thai/English text-to-speech synthesis engineLIBS String kernel based language-script-encoding (LSE) identifier for 85 LSEsKUI Collaborative WordNet translation platformWeb View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1021)
	Jul 17 2009, 2:49 PM EDT	virach		edit	57 words added
Change: String kernel based language-script-encoding (LSE) identifier for 85 LSEsKUI Collaborative WordNet translation platformWeb service and Open API for Asian WordNet, Multilingual Morphological Analyzer, and Thai SoundexGeneral purpose tools in use by linguists:R Project for statistical computing and the linguistics packages in EMU.Praat doing View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1014)
	Jul 17 2009, 12:17 PM EDT	DorotheeBeermann		edit	1 word added 1 word deleted
Change: of needs that define the linguistic field as a hole.whole.Desirable Characteristics of AppsNo dead ends for data: While some apps (e.g. filemaker) may be "killer" in how they help organizing data, they also make reusing the data hard. View changes from previous version. (Word count: 952)
	Jul 17 2009, 9:50 AM EDT	DorotheeBeermann		edit	175 words added
Change: As any science linguistics is based on data, yet the form this data takes and the role it plays crucially depends on the way we View changes from previous version. (Word count: 952)
	Jul 16 2009, 10:24 PM EDT	EmilyMBender		edit	13 words added 15 words deleted
Change: onmight thebe otherinterested handin wouldsearching probablynotfor likedata toalong spendyet muchanother timeset onof findingdimensions. data.Finally the generation of reusable resources, if considered important at all, must pay off academically to attract more than the occasional linguist. View changes from previous version. (Word count: 777)
	Jul 16 2009, 10:15 PM EDT	JeremyKahn	revised to express potential for alliance between linguistic fields	edit	94 words added 21 words deleted
Change: * encyclopedic works like the SIL guides are already interesting and useful, and there is growing interest in sharing data and linguistic be)ontology * descriptive linguists ( perhaps(as ...)above) * theoretical linguists (hm... * much theoretical work does not currently use reuseable (or computationally-accessible) data, with ) View changes from previous version. (Word count: 779)
	Jul 14 2009, 10:09 AM EDT	mebeckman		edit	28 words added
Change: A FOS aligner tool (or aligner development tool) at a grain finer than the intervals marked off fairly automatically in LDC's transcriber tool??What's a killer application?Google Maps may be a good example for a killer app:it's killer in the way it brought mapping data to everyone. View changes from previous version. (Word count: 702)
	Jul 14 2009, 3:32 AM EDT	robert_forkel		edit	7 words added
Change: and the linguistics packages in EMU.Praat doing phonetics by computerPythonNeeded Tools??What's a killer application?Google Maps may be a good example for a killer app:it's killer in the way it brought mapping data to everyone.it actually killed, e.g. View changes from previous version. (Word count: 673)
	Jul 14 2009, 3:24 AM EDT	robert_forkel		edit	5 words added
Change: doing phonetics by computerPythonNeeded Tools??What's a killer application?Google Maps may be a good example for a killer app:it's killer in the way it brought mapping data to everyone.it actually killed, e.g. gml - at least gml's hope for mass adoption.it didn't View changes from previous version. (Word count: 667)
	Jul 13 2009, 2:55 AM EDT	robert_forkel	added section on general purpose tools	edit	13 words added
Change: General purpose tools in use by linguists:R Project for statistical computingPythonNeeded Tools??What's a killer application?Google Maps may be a good example for a killer app:it's killer in the way it brought mapping data to everyone.it actually killed, e.g. View changes from previous version. (Word count: 662)
	Jul 12 2009, 11:27 AM EDT	robert_forkel		edit	6 words added
Change: Chorus is a Palaso Project.Needed Tools??What's a killer application?Google Maps may be a good example for a killer app:it's killer in the way it brought mapping data to everyone.it actually killed, e.g. gml - at least gml's hope for mass adoption.it View changes from previous version. (Word count: 649)
	Jul 12 2009, 11:26 AM EDT	robert_forkel	added tool	edit	20 words added
Change: is a version control system designed to enable workflows appropriate for typical language development teams who are geographically distributed.Needed Tools??What's a killer application?Google Maps may be a good example for a killer app:it's killer in the way it brought mapping data to everyone.it View changes from previous version. (Word count: 644)
	Jul 12 2009, 10:45 AM EDT	robert_forkel	link to post about the semantic web and research	edit	16 words added
Change: for an idea of what this could mean)?data visualization?can "archiving" or "longterm preservation" be a killer app? (Does not sound like it - does it.)sssis reproducible research enough of an incentive to publish data?may the killer app be something social/political View changes from previous version. (Word count: 624)
	Jul 11 2009, 4:42 AM EDT	robert_forkel		edit	30 words added
Change: assume that future killer apps will be on the web.Desirable Characteristics of AppsNo dead ends for data: While some apps (e.g. filemaker) may be "killer" in how they help organizing data, they also make reusing the data hard. View changes from previous version. (Word count: 608)
	Jul 11 2009, 4:29 AM EDT	robert_forkel		edit	27 words added
Change: than this one application - together they might be a killer. :)So following the definition above ("killer apps are apps that are used a lot"), we can probably assume that future killer apps will be on the web. View changes from previous version. (Word count: 577)