The idea to create the Tübingen pages for HPSG took a long time to
take shape, from a vague notion of displaying our research proposals
and results on-line to the reality of a finished web site. It was one of those
ideas which would have been discarded in the first moments, had we
known what the road to its realization was paved with. This project
would never have gotten off the ground without the energetic
participation and enthusiasm of many people.
The design of the web pages was conceived by Jan-Philipp Söhn and
was expanded and improved upon through many suggestions from Beata
Trawinski. We could never have imagined all that needed to be
considered in creating these web pages.
The wonderful programming package for creating flexible on-line
bibliographies from annotated Bibtex files by entering only one
command was prepared by Michael Auth. His contribution went far beyond
the duties of his assistantship position, with which his work began,
and at the end, his effort was derived purely from his own
enthusiasm. His motivation and improvements to the original project
was essential to its success. Tylman Ule (Perl), Lothar Lemnitzer
(XML) and Wolfgang Maier were particularly supportive with the many
programming and technical questions. Wolfgang Maier helped enormously
with the unending drama of working with various font formats. Many
thanks goes to Lothar Lemnitzer for his willingness to assume
Michael's bibliography package as the standard format for the MiLCA
consortium, and his support with the challenges inherited with this
new system, including upgrades and maintenance. Many things would
never have been possible without the energetic help of our system
administrator, Jochen Saile.
The English translations of our web pages were done by Carmella
Payne. Not only grammatically, but also resourcefully thought out. Well
done!
For all of the ideas on content in the web pages, motivation,
suggestions for improvement, and words of encouragement, I owe thanks
to many colleagues and friends both at the SfS and everywhere else in
the world. Representing the enormous contributions from all of you, I
would especially like to acknowledge Detmar Meurers, Gerald Penn, Frank
Morawietz and Guido Minnen. Many thanks to all of you, who have
imaginatively and enthusiastically contributed to this project.
Frank Richter |