WhiteLab 2.0: A web interface for corpus exploitation

Matje van de Camp; Martin Reynaert; Nelleke Oostdijk

doi:10.5334/bbi.19

WhiteLab 2.0: A web interface for corpus exploitation

Matje van de Camp, Martin Reynaert, Nelleke Oostdijk

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Abstract

The OpenSoNaR-CGN project set out to develop WhiteLab 2.0 for the online exploitation of the SoNaR-500 and CGN corpora. Important changes in comparison to the first version of WhiteLab are the addition of audio support and support for multiple corpora. The web interface has been redeveloped and adapted to accommodate these changes. At the backend, WhiteLab 2.0 comes with a new data importer and plugin for Neo4j, while also remaining compatible with BlackLab. Although performance of the new backend is not yet up to par with BlackLab, the investment in new technology that will likely be further developed is expected to make the application more future-proof and a great addition to the set of tools available to the humanities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CLARIN-NL in the Low Countries
Editors	Jan Odijk, Arjan van Hessen
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Ubiquity Press, London
Chapter	19
Pages	231-243
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9781911529255
ISBN (Print)	9781911529248
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5334/bbi.19
Publication status	Published - 28 Dec 2017

Keywords

Computer Sciences
Computers and the Humanities
Language and literature
Linguistics
Online corpora
Dutch
written language
BlackLab

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