Number of found records: 23
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McCONNELL, Brian |
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The Worldwide Lexicon. Linking dictionaries and language services throughout the internet |
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On line ( 15/06/2004) |
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The worldwide lexicon project is an open source initiative to create a network of multilingual dictionary and translation services for the Internet. The worldwide lexicon project consists of two components. The first component is a simple protocol for discovering and talking to dictionary and language servers throughout the web. Think of this as GNUtella for dictionaries. This system is based on basic client/server communication techniques, and will allow developers to embed dictionary, encyclopedia and machine translation functionality in many different types of programs and web services. In fact, you can build WWL server applications in almost any language, including lightweight web scripting languages such as VBScript, PerlScript and PHP. The second component is an experiment in distributed computing, similar to the SETI@Home project. While SETI@Home taps the idle CPUs of millions of personal computers, the worldwide lexicon enlists the help of internet users who are logged in, but not busy, to assist in translating instant messaging conversations. Think of this as distributed human computation. Someone also suggested the term social computing, which has a nice ring to it. (Web) |
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Multilingual dictionary; semantic network; translation services |
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McROY, Susan |
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Building a Semantic Network |
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Natural Language & Knowledge Representation Research Group. UW-Milwaukee, 1999. |
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On line ( 15/06/2004) |
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In this section, we will build a few small semantic networks, retrieve information from them, and use networks to make inferences about the information stored in them. To construct and manipulate these networks, we will use the SNePS User Language (SNePSUL). SNePSUL is a set of commands designed specifically for SNePS. There are two general methods of using SNePSUL. One can either type each SNePSUL command together with its parameters at the SNePS prompt, or one can put a sequence of such commands into one file, and run it. In this section will discuss the first method. The second method will be discussed in the section, ``Writing a Demo File''. Here, we will consider how to represent the (deep) meaning of the statement such as ``Tweety is a bird'', rather than the sentence itself. The process of transforming a sentence into its deep meaning representation, called semantic interpretation, is a task for natural language processing, which we will discuss in a later chapter. (AU) |
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semantic network; SnePS User Language |
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MOENS, Marie-Francine; UYTTENDAELE, Caroline |
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Automatic Text Structuring and Categorization As a First Step in Summarizing Legal Cases |
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Information Processing & Management, 1997, vol. 33, nº 6, pp. 727-37 |
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On line ( 20/02/2005) |
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The SALOMON system automatically summarizes Belgian criminal cases in order to improve access to the large number of existing and future court decisions. SALOMON extracts relevant text units from the case text to form a case summary. Such a case profile facilitates the rapid determination of the relevance of the case or may be employed in text search. In a first important abstracting step SALOMON performs an initial categorization of legal criminal cases and structures the case text into separate legally relevant and irrelevant components. A text grammar represented as a semantic network is used to automatically determine the category of the case and its components. Extracts from the case general data and identifies text portions relevant for further abstracting. Prior knowledge of the text structure and its indicative cues may support automatic abstracting. A text grammar is a promising form for representing the knowledge involved. (AU) |
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Automatic text analysis; Computer assisted abstracting; Court cases; Salomon |
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National Center to Improve Practice. (NCIP). |
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Organizing Tools Collection. |
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Education Development Center, Inc., KNewton, Massachusetts. 1992-1998. |
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On line ( 15/06/2004) |
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Organizing tools refers to a type of software designed to help students organize information and ideas, primarily through the use of "webs" or "concept maps." These visual outlines often appeal to students who feel constrained by the linear nature of text (AU) |
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Concept map; mapping techniques |
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