Searching Legal Information in Multiple Asian Languages

Chung, PT; Mowbray, AS; Greenleaf, GW

Searching Legal Information in Multiple Asian Languages

Chung, PT Mowbray, AS

Greenleaf, GW

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Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Legal Information Management, 2012, 12 (3), pp. 173 - 184
Issue Date:: 2012-01

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dc.contributor.author	Chung, PT	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Mowbray, AS https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3667-0706	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Greenleaf, GW	en_US
dc.date.issued	2012-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Legal Information Management, 2012, 12 (3), pp. 173 - 184	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1472-6696	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/22725
dc.description.abstract	In this article Philip Chung, Andrew Mowbray, and Graham Greenleaf, the Co-Directors of the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII), explain the need for an open source search engine which can search simultaneously over legal materials in European languages and also in Asian languages, particularly those that require a `double byte representation, and the difficulties this task presents. A solution is proposed; the `u16a modifications to AustLIIs open source search engine (Sino) which is used by many legal information institutes. Two implementations of the Sino u16A approach, on the Hong Kong Legal Information Institute (HKLII), for English and Chinese, and on the Asian Legal Information Institute (AsianLII), for multiple Asian languages, are described. The implementations have been successful, though many challenges (discussed briefly) remain before this approach will provide a full multi-lingual search facility.	en_US
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dc.title	Searching Legal Information in Multiple Asian Languages	en_US
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Abstract:

In this article Philip Chung, Andrew Mowbray, and Graham Greenleaf, the Co-Directors of the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII), explain the need for an open source search engine which can search simultaneously over legal materials in European languages and also in Asian languages, particularly those that require a `double byte representation, and the difficulties this task presents. A solution is proposed; the `u16a modifications to AustLIIs open source search engine (Sino) which is used by many legal information institutes. Two implementations of the Sino u16A approach, on the Hong Kong Legal Information Institute (HKLII), for English and Chinese, and on the Asian Legal Information Institute (AsianLII), for multiple Asian languages, are described. The implementations have been successful, though many challenges (discussed briefly) remain before this approach will provide a full multi-lingual search facility.

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