An online Maltese dictionary was launched this morning by the Malta Communications Authority.
MCA chairman Edward Woods said the dictionary was one of the first projects he started working upon when he became chairman. Now that it had been launched, it was important to keep it alive and regularly updated.
University rector Juanito Camilleri said it was satisfactory for him to see the university working with other entities in the industry on such important projects.
The online version of the dictionary is one of the outcomes of the Maltese Language Resource Server project, a long-term initiative by the Institute of Linguistics and the Department of Intelligent Computer Systems at the University.
The electronic version of the dictionary was initially developed by John J. Camilleri and subsequently fine-tuned and edited by the MLRS team.
The dictionary was further developed and made public as a result of a strong collaboration between the MCA, the Institute of Linguistics, the Department of Intelligent Computer Systems at the University of Malta, as well as the Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ilsien Malti, which mediated the collaboration agreement.
The online directory is sponsored by the Vodafone Foundation.