WordFreak

A Language Independent, Extensible Annotation Tool

Outline

• WordFreak Overview

• Motivation

• Architecture

• Usage Overview

• User Interface

• Open Aspects

• Future Work

WordFreak Overview

• A GUI application

• Developed in Java

• Supports– Human & Machine Tagging– Active Learning– Adjudication– Relatively Easy Extension into New Tasks

Motivation

Architecture

Usage Overview

User Interface

• Java + User-Centric Design =

Consistency & Familiarity

• Plug-ins + Shared Components =Cascading Updates & Fixes

User Interface Example 1

User Interface Example 2

User Interface Example 3

Open Aspects

• Open Source(Mozilla Public License)

• Openly Extensible(with Plug-ins)

• Open Deployment(via Java Web Start)

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Future Work

• Database IO Plug-in

• XML Plug-in Development

• Integration with Annotator/File Management System

• HTML Help System• Multiple Undo (Almost done)