LINGUIST List 6.802

Sun Jun 11 1995

FYI: Lang Server, Cascadilla Press, Lang Lists, _Language_ URL

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Directory

1. Elizabeth Hinkelman, Announcement: the RELATOR language resources server
2. Michael Bernstein, FYI: URL for Cascadilla Press
3. Michael Everson, List of Language Lists version 1B
4. Mark Aronoff, home page for the journal Language

 Announcing
 the RELATOR language resources server

The RELATOR language resources server was built with the sponsorship of the
Council of the European Commissioners, by the RELATOR project, for the European
Language Resources Association.

The RELATOR server uses wide-area networking software to support distribution
of natural language processing resources. It provides WWW, FTP, resource
installation on the AFS, and email consulting services. This enables users to
get an overview of speech and natural language resources very quickly, identify
and compare resources of possible interest, ftp them if they are available
through RELATOR and, for AFS clients, actually run pre-installed executables on
the client machine for testing or development purposes.

Resources that are currently available through RELATOR include
speech and text corpora, lexicons, natural language processing programs
and tools, and related databases and systems. The process of acquisition
and expansion is ongoing, so watch this space for further developments.


RELATOR Services


WWW Information about Language Resources

The most effective way to get an overview of natural language resources,
whether available through RELATOR or not, is to browse the multilingual Web
pages (http://www.XX.relator.research.ec.org, where XX stands for the
two-letter country codes of the EU countries, such as de, uk, etc.)

RELATOR Resources

Many resources can be obtained from RELATOR by ftp. Because the RELATOR file
system is replicated across several sites, you can choose the EU site nearest
you by substituting the appropriate two-letter country code for "de" (Federal
Republic of Germany) in the ftp address below.

Resources can also be accessed through AFS. AFS has the additional advantage
that executable files can be shared transparently across compatible hardware:
this means that AFS clients can directly run preinstalled programs.

Resources available only to ELRA members, or that must be purchased or
licenced before use, will not be visible at these interfaces until the
necessary permission is obtained.

ftp://de.relator.research.ec.org/relator
afs: /afs/research.ec.org/projects/relator


Email Services

ELRA membership information: inforelator.research.ec.org
advice on finding relevant resources: advicerelator.research.ec.org
system support: systemsrelator.research.ec.org
the RELATOR network management: secretariatrelator.research.ec.org

Postal Address

 RELATOR Secretariat
 Centre for Cognitive Science
 University of Edinburgh
 2 Buccleuch Place
 Edinburgh EH8 9LW
 Scotland
 Telephone:+44 (0)31 650 4594
 Fax: +44 (0)31 650 4587

Cascadilla Press now has their linguistics catalog available on
the World Wide Web at http://www.shore.net/~cascadil/linguistics.html,
including information on Arboreal and the Proceedings of the BU
Conference on Language Development.

The newest version of the List of Language Lists is now
available by anonymous ftp from midir.ucd.ie in the
directory /mgunn/everson

Michael Everson, Everson Gunn Teoranta
15 Port Chaeimhghein I/ochtarach; Baile A/tha Cliath 2; E/ire*Ireland
Gutha/in: +353 1 478-2597, +353 1 283-9396 Facsa: +353 1 283-7778
27 Pa/irc an Fhe/ithlinn; Baile an Bho/thair; Co. A/tha Cliath; E/ire

Language, the journal of the Linguistic Society of America, now has a
home page on the WWW. It can be found at the following address:
http://semlab2.sbs.sunysb.edu/Language/language.html
There is a link to it from the Linguistics virtual library on the
WWW.
The home page contains a current style sheet for Language, address
information, and a table of contents for the forthcoming (June)
issue. Tables of contents for further issues will be added and updated as they
 become
available.
Browsers are encouraged to send comments and suggestions for
improvement to mkappussemlab2.sbs.sunysb.edu