I strongly suggest taking a look at GATE  (http://gate.ac.uk) and UIMA (
http://uima-framework.sourceforge.net/ ).

GATE can use UIMA workflows as processing resource.  UIMA can use GATE
workflows as processing resources.

Don't cross the streams...

Simon

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Thomale, Jason <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I <3 today's LCC thread, and ones like it.
>
> It seems like there's a ton of knowledge out there (buried) about parsing
> various pieces of library data like this, but I haven't really seen a
> concerted effort to log/organize this info in one place. It seems like such
> a thing could be a useful resource for the Code4lib community? (Because I
> would find it terribly useful.)
>
> I started a page on the wiki:
> http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Parsing_Library_Data
>
> It's skeletal, but the idea is to collect/share any & all info about
> parsing library data--code, techniques, methods, problems, general
> discussion--to make it a little easier to build off of each other.
>
> If something like this already exists, I'd love to know about it (and in
> that case this wiki page would be redundant). Otherwise--yeah, it would be
> great if you guys could go in and add links to relevant articles/work/blog
> postings--especially if this is a resource you'd find useful, too. Or make
> some suggestions, and I'll take care of it...
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jason Thomale
> Resource Discovery Systems Librarian
> University of North Texas Libraries
>