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How to Evaluate Controlled Natural Languages
This paper presents a general framework how controlled natural languages can
be evaluated and compared on the basis of user experiments. The subjects are
asked to classify given statements (in the language to be tested) as either
true or false with respect to a certain situation that is shown in a graphical
notation called "ontographs". A first experiment has been conducted that
applies this framework to the language Attempto Controlled English (ACE)
How Controlled English can Improve Semantic Wikis
The motivation of semantic wikis is to make acquisition, maintenance, and
mining of formal knowledge simpler, faster, and more flexible. However, most
existing semantic wikis have a very technical interface and are restricted to a
relatively low level of expressivity. In this paper, we explain how AceWiki
uses controlled English - concretely Attempto Controlled English (ACE) - to
provide a natural and intuitive interface while supporting a high degree of
expressivity. We introduce recent improvements of the AceWiki system and user
studies that indicate that AceWiki is usable and useful
Combining Semantic Wikis and Controlled Natural Language
We demonstrate AceWiki that is a semantic wiki using the controlled natural
language Attempto Controlled English (ACE). The goal is to enable easy creation
and modification of ontologies through the web. Texts in ACE can automatically
be translated into first-order logic and other languages, for example OWL.
Previous evaluation showed that ordinary people are able to use AceWiki without
being instructed
Codeco: A Grammar Notation for Controlled Natural Language in Predictive Editors
Existing grammar frameworks do not work out particularly well for controlled
natural languages (CNL), especially if they are to be used in predictive
editors. I introduce in this paper a new grammar notation, called Codeco, which
is designed specifically for CNLs and predictive editors. Two different parsers
have been implemented and a large subset of Attempto Controlled English (ACE)
has been represented in Codeco. The results show that Codeco is practical,
adequate and efficient
AceWiki: A Natural and Expressive Semantic Wiki
We present AceWiki, a prototype of a new kind of semantic wiki using the
controlled natural language Attempto Controlled English (ACE) for representing
its content. ACE is a subset of English with a restricted grammar and a formal
semantics. The use of ACE has two important advantages over existing semantic
wikis. First, we can improve the usability and achieve a shallow learning
curve. Second, ACE is more expressive than the formal languages of existing
semantic wikis. Our evaluation shows that people who are not familiar with the
formal foundations of the Semantic Web are able to deal with AceWiki after a
very short learning phase and without the help of an expert.Comment: To be published as: Proceedings of Semantic Web User Interaction at
CHI 2008: Exploring HCI Challenges, CEUR Workshop Proceeding
nanopub-java: A Java Library for Nanopublications
The concept of nanopublications was first proposed about six years ago, but
it lacked openly available implementations. The library presented here is the
first one that has become an official implementation of the nanopublication
community. Its core features are stable, but it also contains unofficial and
experimental extensions: for publishing to a decentralized server network, for
defining sets of nanopublications with indexes, for informal assertions, and
for digitally signing nanopublications. Most of the features of the library can
also be accessed via an online validator interface.Comment: Proceedings of 5th Workshop on Linked Science 201
AceWiki: Collaborative Ontology Management in Controlled Natural Language
AceWiki is a prototype that shows how a semantic wiki using controlled
natural language - Attempto Controlled English (ACE) in our case - can make
ontology management easy for everybody. Sentences in ACE can automatically be
translated into first-order logic, OWL, or SWRL. AceWiki integrates the OWL
reasoner Pellet and ensures that the ontology is always consistent. Previous
results have shown that people with no background in logic are able to add
formal knowledge to AceWiki without being instructed or trained in advance
Science Bots: a Model for the Future of Scientific Computation?
As a response to the trends of the increasing importance of computational
approaches and the accelerating pace in science, I propose in this position
paper to establish the concept of "science bots" that autonomously perform
programmed tasks on input data they encounter and immediately publish the
results. We can let such bots participate in a reputation system together with
human users, meaning that bots and humans get positive or negative feedback by
other participants. Positive reputation given to these bots would also shine on
their owners, motivating them to contribute to this system, while negative
reputation will allow us to filter out low-quality data, which is inevitable in
an open and decentralized system.Comment: WWW 2015 Companion, May 18-22, 2015, Florence, Ital
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