A Formalism for Universal Segmentation of Text

Sumo is a formalism for universal segmentation of text. Its purpose is to provide a framework for the creation of segmentation applications. It is called universal as the formalism itself is independent of the language of the documents to process and independent of the levels of segmentation e.g. words, sentences, paragraphs, morphemes... considered by the target application. This framework relies on a layered structure representing the possible segmentations of the document. This structure and the tools to manipulate it are described, followed by detailed examples highlighting some features of Sumo.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2000
• Where: COLING
• Authors: Julien Quint
• Keywords: COLING 2000, COLING 2008, Segmentation Applications, Segmentation E.g, Universal Segmentation