Bowne Global Solutions and OLIF Industry Implementation Bowne

Why is Bowne Interested in Standardized Data Exchange? u. Localization provider for over 300 clients => over 300 data models! àOptimize and simplify the process of interchanging terminological data u. MT lexicons for 22 language directions àOptimize and simplify the process of interchanging lexical data © Bowne Global Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved 2

The Bowne Linguistic Repository u Single data repository for all terminological, lexical and TM data u Each entry may be used for HT/MT/NLP u Incorporates project and general term/lex data u Web-based access for managing and consulting data © Bowne Global Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved 3

The Bowne Linguistic Repository u Terminological Data Categories => “checked by” (ISO 12620)/ “QA Person” (BGS); u MT-Related Data Categories => “Inflection. Class” (OLIF)/ “Inflection Class” (BGS); u Localization-related Data Categories © Bowne Global Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved 4

The Bowne Linguistic Repository 3 basic entry types © Bowne Global Solutions, Inc. All

The Bowne Linguistic Repository © Bowne Global Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved 6

Mapping Bowne Data to ISO/OLIF in RDF u Specify data categories used in the BGS database, adding exact definitions for mapping. u Map data categories to existing standards or interchange formats (ISO 12620, OLIF); define supplemental data categories; propose new data categories for standardization (TC 37/SC 4). u Define export format using tools and formats developed by the SALT group to create an XML environment for BGS’ terminological entries designated for interchange with TBX. u Create or identify converters to export BGS data to TBX, and to import BGS data into other databases (e. g. , customer dbs) and data from other dbs into the BGS Linguistic Repository. © Bowne Global Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved 7

Mapping Bowne Data to ISO/OLIF in RDF OLIF and ISO Categories © Bowne Global

Exchanging Lexical Data: LIF Data Categories u u u u u Lemma Translation Part of Speech Attribute(s) Comment Headword Morphology Initials Date Sanitized Headword © Bowne Global Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved 9

LIF Data Categories and Attributes © Bowne Global Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved 10

Mapping Data Categories: Localization u. Category u. Platform u. Module © Bowne Global Solutions,

Mapping Data Categories: Comments u. OLIF <note> u. OLIF <usage> u. Bowne Comment Fields

Mapping Data Categories: More Examples u Domain Hierarchy Levels u “Component” Information u Inflection Class, Domain and Semantic Type Information © Bowne Global Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved 13

Mapping Data Categories: Semantic Type OLIF 2 Values © Bowne Global Solutions, Inc. All

More Proposals and Comments u Promote OLIF guidelines formulating canonical forms u Tool for mapping OLIF data categories u Expandable OLIF category value lists for domain and semantic type © Bowne Global Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved 15

Contact Information __________________________ Michael Kranawetvogl Linguistic Engineering Bowne Global Solutions Michael. Kranawetvogl@bowneglobal. es Office: Calle Orense 69 28020 Madrid, Spain Phone: +34 -981 -555 316 URL: www. bowneglobal. com © Bowne Global Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved 16