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external:tectomt:tutorial [2009/01/20 15:36]
kravalova 		external:tectomt:tutorial [2009/01/20 16:55]
popel Blocks ARE parametrizable now
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   * Your shell is bash   * Your shell is bash
   * You have basic experience bash and you can read Perl   * You have basic experience bash and you can read Perl
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 ==== Installation and setup ==== ==== Installation and setup ====
  
-  * Checkout SVN repository. If you are running this installation in computer lab in Prague, you have checkout the repository into directory /home/BIG (because data quotas don't apply here):+  * Checkout SVN repository. If you are running this installation in a computer lab in Prague, you have to checkout the repository into directory ''/home/BIG'' (because data quotas don't apply here):
  
 <code bash> <code bash>
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 ===== TectoMT Architecture ===== ===== TectoMT Architecture =====
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 In TectoMT, there is the following hierarchy of processing units (software components that process data): In TectoMT, there is the following hierarchy of processing units (software components that process data):
  
-  * The basic units are blocks. They serve for some very limited, well defined, and often linguistically interpretable tasks (e.g., tokenization, tagging, parsing). Blocks are not parametrizable. Technically, blocks are Perl classes inherited from ''TectoMT::Block''. The blocks repository is in ''libs/blocks/''.+  * The basic units are blocks. They serve for some very limited, well defined, and often linguistically interpretable tasks (e.g., tokenization, tagging, parsing). Technically, blocks are Perl classes inherited from ''TectoMT::Block'', each saved in a separate file. The blocks repository is in ''libs/blocks/''.
   * To solve a more complex task, selected blocks can be chained into a block sequence, called also a scenario. Technically, scenarios are instances of ''TectoMT::Scenario'' class, but in some situations (e.g. on the command line) it is sufficient to specify the scenario simply by listing block names separated with spaces.   * To solve a more complex task, selected blocks can be chained into a block sequence, called also a scenario. Technically, scenarios are instances of ''TectoMT::Scenario'' class, but in some situations (e.g. on the command line) it is sufficient to specify the scenario simply by listing block names separated with spaces.
-  * The highest unit is called application. Applications correspond to end-to-end tasks, be they real end-user applications (such as machine translation), or 'only' NLP-related experiments. Technically, applications are often implemented as ''Makefiles'', which only glue the components existing in TectoMT. Some demo applications can be found in ''applications''+  * The highest unit is called application. Applications correspond to end-to-end tasks, be they real end-user applications (such as machine translation), or 'only' NLP-related experiments. Technically, applications are often implemented as ''Makefiles'', which only glue the components existing in TectoMT. Some demo applications can be found in ''applications''.
  
 This tutorial itself has its blocks in ''libs/blocks/Tutorial'' and the application in ''applications/tutorial''. This tutorial itself has its blocks in ''libs/blocks/Tutorial'' and the application in ''applications/tutorial''.

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