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| Global Architecture Imperatives guide the design and implementation of applications so that they can support global requirements. |
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| One of the goals of e-business in an on demand world is to provide the users with what they need, when they need it. This puts a burden on applications to understand what users are looking for, even when input less than perfect. This can be seen in search engines that return results even when the search term is misspelled or an on-line commerce system that return synonyms of a user's request (e.g. someone looking for "red pants" may also be interested in "burgundy slacks" or "maroon trousers"). Such features require the use of a class of technology generally referred to as linguistic technology. Linguistic technology provides a range of functions such as spell checking and correction, thesauri, language identification, and morphology (identifying different variations of a word). (For more information, see the LanguageWare topic,)
While linguistic technology can significantly enhance the ease of use of many applications, the grammars and idiosyncrasies of the various human languages present considerable challenges. For most enterprises, it would not be practical to implement linguistic technology from scratch. There are a number of linguistic technology vendors in the market. It will be important to select a vendor that can provide the linguistic functions needed, for the languages desired, and the platforms required. |
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