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  <Title>How to build a (quite general) linguistic</Title>
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6 Conclusions, and current and
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    <Paragraph position="0"> future work We have presented a design for a linguistic diagram editor which, although limited in the range of graphics it permits, nevertheless provides a configurable system of substantial benefit to a wide class of users. An implementation is available, and already in use for a wide range of applications.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="1"> We have recently extended the system to allow sequences of diagrams to be constructed and viewed. In our current work, development of a back end processor for DRSs is in hand. More generally, a range of potential architectures for interaction are under consideration. We expect that a variety of kinds of interaction will be necessary. Evaluation of the educational usefulness of the system continues. In the future, we expect to provide diagram specifications for still other formalisms, and an interface allowing the dynamic control of the editor by other programs.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="2"> We anticipate that the restriction to context free organization of diagrams will be acceptable for many purposes. On the other hand, extensions to the system to allow at least some of the diagram types discussed in Section 3.3 would make the system more useful still and, in future work, we are keen to examine strategies which involve the semiautomatic lay-out of complex diagrams.</Paragraph>
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