The project described in this paper is funded by the French Ministry of Research. It aims at providing producers of Language Resources, and HLT players in general, with a guide which offers technical, legal and strategic recommendations/guidelines for the reuse of their Language Resources. The guide is dedicated in particular to academic laboratories who produce Language Resources and may benef...

It is virtually axiomatic to begin a conversation regarding lessons learned and best practices by discussing the usually expected failure in applying the former, and making an assumption that the latter concept has substantial validity; in other words, that best practices can be determined and applied across the board. In taking a backwards look at the tsunami of December 2004, and the nature o...

This paper seeks to explore the concepts and best practices of successful e-learning in corporations. It will first describe what e-learning is as well as its history in relation to educational models. A brief introduction will cover the variety types of e-learning. The paper will then provide information on e-learning limitations such as various standards, lack of infrastructure and architectu...

This paper examines how supply chain conflicts across domestic and international jurisdictions arise and become resolved given that conventional conflict resolution tribunals cannot effectively settle fast enough to serve the needs of supply chain partners. Observations from the field should guide practitioners, and in combination with information technology, may lead to best practice rules in ...

The purpose of this paper is to present research in progress concerning barriers to sharing information in Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SME’s). The work will examine the barriers to sharing in the newly emerging economies of Poland and Hungary with the relatively established economy of the UK. The results of the study will be used to from a model of “best practice” for SME’s who are sett...

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In this paper we outline the methods and best practices when collecting speech data for under-resourced languages. The focus of this discussion is on showing ways of improving the quality of the collection and turnaround time. This paper shows how to deal with matters concerning assistants and technical problems, as well as suggesting ways in which data management may be optimised with the use ...

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Evaluating systems that correct errors in non-native writing is difficult because of the possibility of multiple correct answers and the variability in human agreement. This paper seeks to improve the best practice of such evaluation by analyzing the frequency of multiple correct answers and identifying factors that influence agreement levels in judging the usage of articles and noun number.