The Apache OpenNLP PMC would like to call for a Vote on the Language Detector model for Apache OpenNLP 1.8.3 Release Candidate.
The Release artifacts can be downloaded from: http://people.apache.org/~colen/models/langdetect-183/rc1/ The model was built with Apache OpenNLP 1.8.3 release, trained with a portion of the Leipzig corpus, which can be found under this tag: https://svn.apache.org/repos/bigdata/opennlp/tags/langdetect-183_RC1 The model binary includes the NOTICE, LICENSE and also a README with details of supported languages, how the Leipzig corpus was created and the model was trained. For your convenience the README is available here: https://svn.apache.org/repos/bigdata/opennlp/tags/langdetect-183_RC1/leipzig/resources/README.txt A detailed evaluation report is available here: http://people.apache.org/~colen/models/langdetect-183/rc1/langdetect-183.bin.report.txt To use Language Detector, please follow the documentation here: http://opennlp.apache.org/docs/1.8.3/manual/opennlp.html#tools.langdetect It is important to note that this model is trained for and works well with longer texts that have at least 2 sentences or more from the same language. The artifacts have been signed with the Key - 524A9649 found at http://people.apache.org/keys/group/opennlp.asc Please vote on releasing the model as Apache OpenNLP Language Detector Model 1.8.3. The vote is open for either the next 72 hours or a minimum of 3 +1 PMC binding votes whichever happens earlier. Only votes from OpenNLP PMC are binding, but folks are welcome to check the release candidate and voice their approval or disapproval. The vote passes if at least three binding +1 votes are cast. [ ] +1 Release the packages as Apache OpenNLP Language Detector Model 1.8.3 [ ] -1 Do not release the packages because... Thanks again to all the committers and contributors for their work over the past few weeks.
