Controlled English interface for knowledge bases

Paweł Kapłański

Abstract


This paper describes the approach to interface for OWL Knowledge Bases based on Controlled English that is transformed directly to OWL 2 expressions and back. Two possible modes enable usage of the interface to specify Terminology, World Description as well as Integrity Constrains. Knowledge Base then can be validated against the Integrity Constrains to enable its continuous validation.

Keywords


knowledge base; description logic; Controlled Natural Language; OWL

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21936/si2011_v32.n2A.281