XMLTrans: a Java-based XML Transformation Language for Structured Data

The recently completed MLIS DicoPro project addressed the need for a uniform, platformindependent interface for accessing multiple dictionaries and other lexical resources via the Internet intranets. Lexical data supplied by dictionary publishers for the project was in a variety of SGML formats. In order to transformthis data to a convenient standard format HTML, a high level transformation language was developed. This language is simple to use, yet powerful enough to perform complex transformations not possible with similar transformation tools. XMLTrans provides rooted recursive transductions, similar to transducers used for natural language translation. The tool is written in standard Java and is available to the general public.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2000
• Where: COLING
• Authors: Derek Walker, Dominique Petitpierre, Susan Armstrong
• Keywords: COLING 2000, COLING 2008, Convenient Standard Format, Level Transformation Language, Similar Transformation Tools