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Creating and Querying Linguistically Motivated Ontologies
Schwitter, R.
This paper argues that a formal ontology (in our case
a description logic knowledge base) should be created
in a linguistically motivated way so that it can be
queried easily by non-specialists. This can best be
achieved by using a strict naming convention that is
based on those linguistic expressions that occur in
the application domain for which the ontology will
be created. We will see that ABox and TBox statements
that closely follow this naming convention can
be written directly in a controlled natural language
and that the same controlled natural language can be
used to query the description logic knowledge base.
Both ABox and TBox statements written in controlled
natural language are translated automatically
into the Knowledge Representation System Specification
(KRSS) syntax and questions are translated into
RacerPro's new query language nRQL and answered
over the description logic knowledge base. Using a
controlled natural language as a high-level interface
language abstracts away from any formal notation
and allows for true collaboration between humans and
machines. |
Cite as: Schwitter, R. (2008). Creating and Querying Linguistically Motivated Ontologies. In Proc. Knowledge Representation Ontology Workshop (KROW 2008), Sydney, Australia. CRPIT, 90. Meyer, T. and Orgun, M. A., Eds. ACS. 71-80. |
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