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Abstract

Foreign Language Resource Center Technology Database

Jennifer DeCamp - MITRE Corporation

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Ed Dandar - USAINSCOM

Intended Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Content Developers
Session Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

With rapid internationalization, many new products are becoming available each month from industry, academia, and governments in the U.S. and abroad. A key problem among U.S. government language professionals, other government personnel who use language tools, acquisitions officers, and planners is knowing what is available or soon-to-be available from these sources, including patches and updates that may significantly change the suitability of this software for U.S. government use. A key problem in industry and academia in the U.S. and abroad is that it is difficult to know who to talk with in the U.S. government about language or language-capable products and it sometimes difficult to know the capabilities that are important to this market. The United States Army Intelligence Systems Command (USAINSCOM), which supports language professionals across the government, and MITRE Corporation, a Federally Funded Research and Development Center, are working on a database that would enable anyone on the internet to view requirements per language technology and enter or update data about their products. Because some of the information would be proprietary, the database will be for U.S. government use only. This presentation shows the current prototype and describes plans for the database. It also solicits input on datafields and types of data collection that would best communicate government needs and represent products.


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