CREATING AND QUERYING FORMAL ONTOLOGIES VIA CONTROLLED NATURAL LANGUAGE

• Published in: Applied artificial intelligence Vol. 24; no. 1-2; pp. 149 - 174
• Main Author: Schwitter, Rolf
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Taylor & Francis Group 01.01.2010; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Knowledge; Linguistics; Logic; Ontology

Formal ontologies are difficult to read and understand for domain experts who do not have a background in formal logic. This severely restricts the ability of this user group to determine whether an ontology conforms to the requirements of the application domain or not. We argue that a formal ontolo...