There is also a REST API available as part of the M4Loc project http://code.google.com/p/m4loc/ that is able to handle inline formatting in sentences.
Achim > -----Original Message----- > From: moses-support-boun...@mit.edu [mailto:moses-support- > boun...@mit.edu] On Behalf Of Ian Johnson > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 5:26 AM > To: Tom Hoar; Barry Haddow > Cc: Moses support > Subject: Re: [Moses-support] REST API? > > All, > > As part of the MosesCore project we, at Capita TI formerly ALS, have > designed a proposed open standard API for MT systems. This specifies a > service interface rather than an application interface where the > intention was to make MT systems of different flavours look the same. > Applications, then, can use *any* compliant MT back-end since they have > a consistent interface. This approach allows the application to define > all of the application concerns, e.g. security, transport, application > framework, whilst defining a highly cohesive and low coupled framework > for the back-end MT systems. > > The standard is called OMTC: Open Machine Translation Core. There is a > reference implementation available on GitHub at > > git://github.com/ianj-als/omtc.git > > Please clone, or fork this repo to your heart's content. It would be > good to get your thoughts on this and how it could be made better. Any > comments or constructive feedback can be sent straight to me at > ian.john...@capita-ti.com > > Thanks, > > Ian > > On Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:09:06 -0000, Barry Haddow > <bhad...@staffmail.ed.ac.uk> wrote: > > > Hi Tom > > > > As far as I know, REST > > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_state_transfer) is a > > type of software architecture, rather than an API, and I think the > > XML-RPC interface could be considered RESTful. > > > > As you're probably aware, the Moses server alone isn't sufficient to > > create a "translation system". In the past we have also used the > Moses > > server, along with tokenisation and casing tools, to create a > > translation service implementing the (http-based) Google translation > > API, for use in some experiments. I haven't looked in any detail at > > the TAUS API, but if it's to become an industry standard then it may > > be useful to have a Moses wrapper implementing the API. This wouldn't > > necessarily have to be part of Moses though -- it could be fairly > > loosely coupled. > > > > As to removing the Moses server, I know this was mentioned a while > > back, but I can't see it happening unless there is something > > equivalent but better to take its place. In the CAT projects that > > Edinburgh is involved in (MateCat and Casmacat) there's a need for a > > server version of Moses, and instead of using the existing server, > > they wrote a new server based in CherryPy which better supports > > batching of requests. There's some discussions at the moment about > > extra functionality required by these projects, so the outcome of > that > > may be a replacement for Moses server, but it's too early to say, > > > > cheers - Barry > > > > On 11/02/13 17:15, Tom Hoar wrote: > >> > >> Moses' mosesserver supports XML-RPC protocol for translations. There > >> was some mention ~6 months ago that this might not continue to be > >> supported. Has there been any further consideration of this? > >> > >> Also, TAUS (a MosesCore partner) mentions that the REST API has > >> become popular for some translation environments. Would it be a > >> viable alternative to or replacement for the XML-RPC layer? > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Moses-support mailing list > >> Moses-support@mit.edu > >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/moses-support > > > > > > > -- > Kind regards, > > Ian Johnson > Software Engineer > > Capita Translation and Interpreting > Riverside Court, Huddersfield Road, Delph, Oldham, OL3 5FZ | Tel (UK): > +44 > 845 367 7000 | Tel (US): +1 (800) 579-5010 > | ian.john...@capita-ti.com | Skype ID: ian.johnson_als > www.capitatranslationinterpreting.com > _______________________________________________ > Moses-support mailing list > Moses-support@mit.edu > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/moses-support _______________________________________________ Moses-support mailing list Moses-support@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/moses-support
