%0 Journal Article
%T A General Architecture for Language Engineering (GATE) - a new approach to Language Engineering R&D
%A Hamish Cunningham
%A Robert J. Gaizauskas
%A Yorick Wilks
%J Computer Science
%D 1996
%I arXiv
%X This report argues for the provision of a common software infrastructure for NLP systems. Current trends in Language Engineering research are reviewed as motivation for this infrastructure, and relevant recent work discussed. A freely-available system called GATE is described which builds on this work.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/cmp-lg/9601009v2