Re: Corpora: re: parser analysis
Philip A. Bralich, Ph.D. (bralich@hawaii.edu)
Mon, 23 Feb 1998 09:52:59 -1000
At 03:10 AM 2/23/98 -1000, jock@ccl.umist.ac.uk wrote:
>Although mindful of the risk of exposing us all to Saint Anthony's
>Fire, I wish to respond to the criticism of the EAGLES initiative
>made by Dr Bralich. I do so in my function as co-Chief Editor of
>EAGLES.
>
>There is a simple reason why EAGLES does not mention the criteria
>espoused by Dr Bralich: EAGLES has not so far concerned itself
>with proposing standards in the area of parsers.
>
>That is the short answer, interested readers please read on.
>
>It is unfair to criticise us for not doing something we had not
>included in our (public) programme of work. One may criticise the
>initial selection of topics, however. The topics retained were
>those where there was wide agreement that some kind of useful
>consensus could be obtained in the near term. The set of topics
>we actually worked on were furthermore constrained by factors
>such as availability of voluntary labour.
Point taken. I agree and apologize. I will refrain from further
commentary on this matter, and if EAGLES does want to propose
standards for the area of parsers, I would be happy to volunteer
time and effort. (CV available upon request).
Phil Bralich
Philip A. Bralich, Ph.D.
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