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On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 3:11 PM, Mark A. Matienzo <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Are you aware that there is an existing, yet embryonic, FLOSS project > called FreeCite? > > http://www.freecite.org/ Yes, we've been in contact with Gunther Maier on the matter. We have discussed adding links between our sites, for people who may have confused the two. Given that his project has been on hold for a while and is of a much different nature than our own, we didn't think it would be too confusing. Miriam Goldberg Sr Software Developer Public Display > > Mark Matienzo > Applications Developer, NYPL Labs > The New York Public Library > > On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 2:25 PM, jean rainwater > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> Please help us beta test "FreeCite", a new citation parser for >> non-structured bibliographic data. FreeCite is the result of >> collaboration between the Brown University Library and Public Display, >> a Providence-based software company founded by and employing many >> Brown grads. Public Display's core business is information >> extraction. Partial funding for this project was provided by the >> Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. >> >> FreeCite is implemented in Ruby on Rails and uses the CRF++ library >> implementation of conditional random fields. The model is trained on >> the CORA dataset with lexical augmentation from the Directory of >> Research and Researchers at Brown (DRR-B). The API and code are >> available at: http://freecite.library.brown.edu. >> >> Jean Rainwater >> Co-Leader, Integrated Technology Services >> Brown University Library >> Providence, RI 02912 >> 401.863.9031 >> [log in to unmask] >> >