025.0 Across
Languages, Across Cultures: Issues in Multilinguality and Digital
Libraries
Article discussing some of the issues that must be addressed in
order to implement a multilingual interface for a digital library
system, describing the approach undertaken at the Consiglio Nazionale
delle Ricerche in Pisa, Italy.
025.344 Dublin
Core in Multiple Languages: Esperanto, Interlingua, or Pidgin?
Article proposing that Dublin Core metadata requires a set of
elements common to every language. It is suggested that technical terms
with no exact translation equivalents in different languages could be
explained with a phrase, or new terms could be defined.
025.0 Multilingual
Information Processing Infrastructure for Global Digital Libraries:
EPICIST
Article proposing and evaluating a character or symbol code
infrastructure called EPICIST (Efficient, Programmable and
Interchangeable Code Infrastructure for Symbols and Texts) for
multilingual and multi-cultural information processing. Covers several
aspects of processing including searching, sorting, and compression.
025.0 Multi-Media,
Multi-Cultural, and Multi-Lingual Digital Libraries
Draws attention to the multilingual issues involved in designing
digital libraries accessible on the Internet. Many of the multi-lingual
design issues parallel those of multimedia digital libraries. Provides
examples from multimedia digital libraries to illustrate some of the
urgent design challenges in creating a globally distributed network
serving people who speak many languages other than English.
025.0 Serving
Users in Many Languages: Cross-Language Information Retrieval for
Digital Libraries
Discussion of technical approaches to cross-language information
retrieval looking at user needs and highlighting some worldwide
initiatives.
