An XML based Document Suite

TL;DR

This paper presents an XML-based document suite designed for flexible, robust processing of German documents, emphasizing modularity and techniques to handle lexical and conceptual gaps in new applications.

Contribution

It introduces a modular XML-based framework for document processing that addresses common challenges in applying it to new tasks.

Findings

Effective handling of lexical gaps in German document processing

Modular design facilitates flexible pipeline construction

Demonstrated robustness in diverse document tasks

Abstract

We report about the current state of development of a document suite and its applications. This collection of tools for the flexible and robust processing of documents in German is based on the use of XML as unifying formalism for encoding input and output data as well as process information. It is organized in modules with limited responsibilities that can easily be combined into pipelines to solve complex tasks. Strong emphasis is laid on a number of techniques to deal with lexical and conceptual gaps that are typical when starting a new application.