Following previous research on automatic term extraction, the primary aim of this paper is to propose a more robust and consistent framework of analysis for the comparative evaluation of term extractors. Within the different views for software quality outlined in ISO standards, our proposal focuses on the criterion of external quality and in particular on the characteristics of functionality, usability and efficiency together with the subcharacteristics of suitability, precision, operability and time behavior. The evaluation phase is completed by comparing four online open-access automatic term extractors: TermoStat, GaleXtract, BioTex and DEXTER. This latter resource forms part of the virtual functional laboratory for natural language processing (FUNK Lab) developed by our research group. Furthermore, the results obtained from the comparative analysis are discussed.

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自动术语提取器评估的分析框架

继先前对自动术语提取的研究之后，本文的主要目的是为术语提取器的比较评估提出一个更健壮和一致的分析框架。在ISO标准中概述的有关软件质量的不同观点中，我们的建议着重于外部质量的标准，尤其是功能，可用性和效率的特征，以及适用性，精度，可操作性和时间行为的子特征。通过比较四个在线开放获取自动术语提取器（TermmoStat，GaleXtract，BioTex和DEXTER）来完成评估阶段。后者是我们研究小组开发的自然语言处理虚拟功能实验室（FUNK Lab）的一部分。此外，