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The European Language Resources and Technologies Forum:

The European Language Resources and Technologies Forum: Shaping the Future of the Multilingual Digital Europe. Session 1 Broadening the Coverage, Addressing the Gaps. E/BLARK as a tool for Language Resources Coverage assessment, Road mapping, and Language Policy planning

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The European Language Resources and Technologies Forum:

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  1. The European Language Resources and Technologies Forum: Shaping the Future of the Multilingual Digital Europe Session 1 Broadening the Coverage, Addressing the Gaps E/BLARK as a tool for Language Resources Coverage assessment, Road mapping, and Language Policy planning Some thoughts and considerations Khalid Choukri ELRA/ELDA

  2. Related to a number of Dimensions to consider: Technologies/Dev : ASR, TTS, S2S, MT Languages (& Varieties) Domains Technologies/Evaluation ELRA's Views onWHAT ARE THE MISSING LRs PIECES • Derived from Cataloguing • What is "NOT" available at "fair conditions" • (Pricing, licensing, re-usability, etc.) • What exist but is not available (traded vs not traded) , see next slide • What exist but is not (yet?) identified (assumptions) • What is lost !! Not archived (even what have been funded by public agencies) • What does not exist (e.g. is really missing, our guesses) • ELRA ICom (Infrastructure committee) & Universal Catalogue & related issues (Metadata, New Data licensing, distribution/sharing mechanisms, etc.)

  3. Not traded Traded Some input from Bain market analysis (for ELRA) Notavailable • Spending on LRs is driven by: • New applications • Number of languages • Public Policies • Decreasing number of new customers • Share of publicly traded LRs will be driven by: • Availability • Differentiation rationales

  4. What can you do for BLARK? Define, Specify, Improve, etc.  see the ELRA site: www.blark.org Help enhance the content of the Universal Catalogue What can BLARK do for you? Help you with useful input for your R&D and your Cooperations,  What can your "agency" do for BLARK Ensure that it is accurate and reflects community plans/trends OR some "body" legitimate strategy. Use it as a "consistent" planning/roadmapping instrument Use it as a "State of the Art" Inventory to understand the "country" position within HLT sector BLARK as an Instrument for Policy Making and Policy Makers

  5. Universal Catalogue and Common metadata (e.g. ELRA/LDC/NICT/OLAC): How can this be a LRs "YouTube" or the like? Revise Distribution mechanisms & pricing policies e-Licensing & e-distribution, and other frameworks to foster the successful sharing of LRs? freeware, shareware, "fair" prices WHAT CAN WE (WE?) DO TO ADDRESS SUCH SHORTAGES in LRs

  6. Check who is producing, as "side-products", essential LRs for HLT e.g. Publishers, broadcast companies, etc. Public data (Parliaments (EuroParl), governments, agencies, etc.) "Research Fair Act" a la European Union ELRA to launch a Petition on this….. Simplify the current legal framework ENHANCE SYNERGIES IN LR PRODUCTION (OR PACKAGING) THROUGH COOPERATION BETWEEN COMMUNITIES

  7. Sure, many marketplaces are left to private initiatives e.g. Banking & trading  See S6 For Market aspects… What happen when Private sector produces LRs (even with Public funds) ? (20%) Buy, (25%) make and share, (55%) make & keep (Bain) What would be the costs to regain existing positions if things develop badly? Need for a European LRs Investment FUND (Contributors, ROI) CAN WE LEAVE SOME OF THIS TO "LUCRATIVE BUSINESS PRINCIPLES"

  8. Usability issue & Availability (inc. Accurate Metadata) Standards/best practices / Validation of the quality Interoperability Sustainability /Bug reporting/ Updates Above all: excellent specifications, consideration of today's state of the art and today's trends e.g. Broadcast news ….. Audio tracks … Video, Audio: multiple tracks, multi-track Subtitles, HOW CAN LR DEVELOPED TODAY …. LAST FOR EVER!!

  9. BLARK & ELARK are only instruments (what to do and not "the do") Universal Catalogue (Identified all existing resources, worldwide) ELRA efforts… ICom (Infrastructure Com. catalog, e-distrib, e-license, e-share) ……. They are instruments that helps conduct: Coverage assessment & Identification of Gaps, Road mapping & HLT Policy planning But also R&D & Cooperations between researchers (BLARK reflects "state of the art" ) (enhanced) coordination between all involved agencies ….If used adequately They require accurate design/completion, Regular updating and extension HOW CAN THESE CONSIDERATIONS BE LINKED TO BLARK/ELARK:

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