Representation schemes for language data: the Text Encoding Initiative and its potential impact for encoding African languages
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The Text Encoding Initiative (TEI)Guidelines for the Encoding and Interchange of Machine-Readable Texts provide standardized encoding conventions for a large range of text types and features relevant for a broad range of applications. Given the potential challenges of encoding texts in the African languages, it will be important to establish collaboration between the TEI and projects encoding language resources in these languages. Résumé. Les Recommandations pour l'Encodage et l'Echange des Textes Informatisés de la Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) fournissent des conventions d'encodage pour un large éventail de types de textes et d'éléments textuels utiles pour de nombreuses applications. L'encodage des textes africains pose des difficultés particulières, et il est important d'établir des collaborations entre la TEI et les projets qui encodent des ressources linguistiques et textuelles pour les langues africaines.
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تاریخ انتشار 2008