A new method for interoperability between lexical resources using MDA approach

International audienceLexical resources are increasingly multiplatform due to the diverse needs of linguists. Merging, comparing, finding correspondences and deducing differences between these lexical resources remain difficult tasks. Thus, inte-roperability between these resources is hard even impossible to achieve. In this context, we establish a new method based on MDA approach to resolve interoperability between lexical resources. The proposed method consists of building common structure (OWL-DL ontology) for involved resources. This common structure has the ability to communicate involved resources. Hence, we may create a complex grid between involved resources allowing transformation from one format to another. We experiment our new built method on an LMF lexicon

Towards modeling Arabic lexicons compliant LMF in OWL-DL

International audienceElaborating reusable lexical databases and especially making interoperability operational are crucial tasks effecting both Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Semantic Web. With this respect, we consider that modeling Lexical Markup Framework (LMF) in Web Ontology Language Description Logics (OWL-DL) can be a beneficial attempt to reach these aims. This proposal will have large repute since it concerns the reference standard LMF for modeling lexical structures. In this paper, we study the requirement for this suggestion. We first make a quick presentation of the LMF framework. Next, we define the three ontology definition sublanguages that may be easily used by specific users: OWL Lite, OWL-DL and OWL Full. After comparing of the three, we have chosen to work with OWL-DL. We then define the ontology language OWL and describe the steps needed to model LMF in OWL. Finally, we apply this model to develop an instance for an Arabic lexicon