Lexicon management and standard formats

TL;DR

This paper discusses the development of XML formats aligned with international standards for lexicon management and applications, highlighting experimental results on large lexica and addressing gaps in standardization efforts.

Contribution

It introduces XML formats compatible with emerging standards and evaluates their effectiveness for lexicon management and applications.

Findings

XML formats are compatible with international standards

Experimental results show effectiveness on large lexica

Addresses gaps in standardization for lexicon management

Abstract

International standards for lexicon formats are in preparation. To a certain extent, the proposed formats converge with prior results of standardization projects. However, their adequacy for (i) lexicon management and (ii) lexicon-driven applications have been little debated in the past, nor are they as a part of the present standardization effort. We examine these issues. IGM has developed XML formats compatible with the emerging international standards, and we report experimental results on large-coverage lexica.