Paper short abstract:

"Web Chamame" is the morphological analysis support software using UniDic. That was made for the purpose of support of a Japanese linguistic study. "Web Chamame" has been developed as a web application, and it can be used easily using web browsers.

Paper long abstract:

UniDic offers the computerized dictionary for Modern Literary Japanese and Classical Japanese language made for a morphological analysis of Japanese text. This dictionary consists of modern Japanese language UniDic and early middle Japanese UniDic.　UniDic is covering the time range of the Japanese language　and the various genres.

We should use a suitable dictionary which appropriate grammar and word were indicated, for morphological analysis using MeCab and UniDic. For example, "UniDic for Modern Japanese" is should use to analyze the sentences written in Meiji period. Therefore, preparation of the complex morphological analysis execution environment and the analytic work to which a dictionary was changed are needed for a Japanese researcher to begin to study using morphological analysis technology. The preparation to make a morphological analysis is so difficult that it's enough to hinder the research of a Japanese linguist. Therefore, in this study, we have developed morphological analysis support software "Web Chamame".

"Web Chamame" is implemented as the web application, and it can be used easily using web browsers. It makes a morphological analysis of the system by MeCab on the server using more than one dictionary installed in the server. The user doesn't have to prepare the morphological analysis execution environment for a local PC to make a morphological analysis. Because all morphological analysis processing is performed by the server. This system is available in spite of OS, if a web browser is an installed computer.

The feature of the "Web Chamame" can mention three points. The first point is that it's possible to make a morphological analysis without installing a software and a dictionary in a local computer. The second point is that the dictionary used for a morphological analysis can be chosen easily. Nine dictionaries　can be chosen as an analysis dictionary. For example, UniDic for Early Middle Japanese UniDic and UniDic for Modern Literary Japanese . The third point is with the analysis help functions for researchers.　Such as comparing the result, which made a morphological analysis with more than one dictionary.