Computational Linguistics for Metadata Building (CLiMB)

For inclusion in the TEI Application Page

 Form posted from TEI website on 2007-6-26 Art and Architecture Texts English 20 September 2007 Chris Ruotolo Converted to TEI P5 26 Jun 2007

Rebecca PassonneauCreated using newproj webform

 Host: University of Maryland College of Information Studies Other institutions involved: Columbia University--Center for Computational Learning Systems (CCLS) URL:

Description: CLiMB (Computational Linguistics for Metadata Building) aims to improve subject access to image collections through the use of computational linguistic techniques. CLiMB-2, under the leadership of Judith Klavans, is funded by the Mellon Foundation from 2005-2007. CLiMB-1, also funded by the Mellon Foundation, was based at Columbia University under Judith Klavans' direction, from 2002 to 2004.

Implementation description: Two art history survey texts were scanned and encoded in TEI Lite for use in testing the feasibility of using computational linguistic techniques to associate texts and images. A list of image (plates) in the text is produced, then for each image, one or more paragraphs is identified that can be a source of descriptive (subject matter) metadata for indexing the image.

Contact:

Rebecca Passonneau Center for Computational Learning Systems (CCLS) Interchurch Center 475 Riverside Drive MC 7717 Columbia University New York, NY 10115 Tel: (212) 854-5132 Fax: (212) 854-5589 Email: becky@cs.columbia.edu