Networking Data Centers

University Of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA

Investigators

Abstract

This project will initiate collaboration between ELDA/ELRA and LDC that includes networking and cross-agreements between the two organizations for the production, acquisition, normalization, certification and distribution of novel language data resources for research, education and technology development. A reciprocity agreement to be negotiated between LDC and ELRA will take into account both European and American constraints on the distribution of data. The parties will implement the legal agreement in a concrete manner through the production of a large-scale broadcast news corpus encompassing data in over 45 languages, where the legal, technical, and distribution issues will be sorted out in accordance with the cross-agreement. The production process will be conducted in accordance with best practices in this area as defined by ELRA's and LDC's previous work, and in particular will take advantage of LDC's previous experience in the collection of single language broadcast news collections and Internet-based distribution of language resources. The joint undertaking will provide a concrete test case for transatlantic cooperation between the two organizations while simultaneously developing a unique resource to facilitate the other projects sponsored under this joint EC/NSF initiative.