TextGridLab - Beta Version

With the beta version of TextGridLab, the client application from TextGrid, you can access services and tools in the grid and edit text files. The software is and will continue to be available free of charge. Download TextGridLab to your computer today. Installation is easy! As portable software the TextGridLab will not modify your computer´s operating system; for example, it can also be started from a USB drive.

Current Version: Revision 5278 (2010-02-05) - Changelog

Feedback & Support

Please test the beta version thoroughly and report bugs or make suggestions for improvement. Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions: support(at)textgrid.de.

Tutorials & Reference

Tutorials for a quick introduction to TextGridLab.
Further References: User’s Manual TextGrid-Tools (Release: October 25, 2009).

Video Demo

If you want to get a quick overview of the TextGridLab, please have a look at our Video Demo (January 21, 2009). This Video gives a demonstration of some features in the TextGridLab and was created on the occasion of the TextGrid Summit.

Features

These tools are available in the current build of the beta version (black) or will be available in succeeding builds (gray):

Features TexGridLab
	Edit XML files with an easy-to-use XML Editor. The files can reside on the local computer or in the grid. Users can switch easily between a more technical view with tags and attributes and a structural view that is oriented towards the WYSIWYG display in common text processing applications.
	A Unicode Character Table enables the user to easily conduct search, copying and insertion of symbols from the unicode character set into the active editor or the system clipboard. Users can create their own custom sets of unicode symbols for use in the unicode character table.
	A Graphic Link Editor (text ↔ image) supports the XML Editor to align text sequences with image sections in order to create files that contain text elements and topographic descriptions.
	The Workflow Editor allows the user to configure individual automated workflows.
	The Search Tool serves to retrieve structural data and metadata. Semantic searches based on RDF are also possible.
	A Dictionary Search Tool connects TextGridLab with the Trier Wörterbuchnetz.
	The Collationer compares two or more files encoded in XML (or TEI) and annotates any differences in TEI format. This tool can be run in batch mode.
	A powerful User and Project Management (file and rights management module) – New projects can be created in the Project Management Module. Existing projects can be managed i.e., project members can be deleted or added and endowed with predefined roles; access rights for TextGrid objects can be set.
	The Project Browser / Navigator is always present in TextGridLab. It gives the user easy access to all materials related to the project(s) at hand. Thus, the Navigator can be a starting point in TextGridLab.
	The Metadata Annotator is a generic tool used for adding structured metadata to TextGrid objects (texts, images, etc.) by means of a configurable input form.
	The Streaming Editor enables rule-based file transformation, e.g. enrichment of potentially unstructured texts with XML structures. Input files do not have to be in XML, but can be any text format (e.g., OCR raw text), output may be XML or any other text format. There is a Graphical User Interface using FnQueries and the possibility to use XSLT streaming via the Workflow Editor.
	The Tokenizer sequences a text into a stream of logical units (tokens) i.e., words and punctuation elements, and marks them with start and stop marks. The tokens to be used can be defined in the tool configuration. The definition of predefined tokens like abbreviations, proper names, or regular expression (e.g., for calendar dates) can also be adjusted to one’s needs. The Tokenizer can be used via the Workflow Editor.
	The Sort Tool can be used to sort data in a flexible way. The sort keys can be configured using XPath expressions. This tool can be used via the Workflow Editor.
	A Lemmatizer (morphological analysis) – The Lemmatizer analyzes word (German) forms (tokens) and returns (a) the respective lemma, i.e. the token is reduced to its basic morphologic form, (b) the part of speech, and (c) other morphologic characteristics (number, gender, etc.).
	A Text Publisher Web can be used to present project results and publications on a project website. TextGrid provides standard components for web publishing and an interface to TextGridRep (see below).