Re: state of the art

Thanks a lot AB (Avi?)

couple of quick comments:


>> 2. assuming that these tools being discussed work with unstructured
>> information (not published on the web in rdf/owl) - does that show
>> that 'reasoning' can be done by the tool, not requiring the content to
>> be expressed in owl/rdf?
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> I am confused about this question. All four tools investigated operate
> directly on an OWL KB. The one used in the experiment can be found at:
> http://www.ifi.uzh.ch/ddis/research/semweb/talking-to-the-semantic-web/owl-test-data/


sorry - my mistake - I was looking quickly - I am still thinking of
tools that would perform semantic based reasoning using
unstructured kb, such as the web - I ll have to look again

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>> 3.  should we carry out this study (or similar ones) with interfaces
>> in different languages, and in different countries, and see if the
>> results are comparable? (this would come under the scope of our
>> current interest with the global perspective)
>>
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> The answer is, probably yes. But the tests are a lot of work!

Yes sure, can be fun when you have lots of resources :-)

I think the point that I am trying to make, after reading related
literature, is that the usability methods
need to be tailored to the local culture, and when it comes to the
web, the culture is global,

> Note, however, that even though all tests were carried out in English most
> subjects weren't English native speakers. This is further supporting our
> findings as they are probably even less comfortable to use English than
> their native language. Hence, even a less desirable natural language was
> preferred over a logic-based one.
>
> We did ask the subjects about their prior knowledge/familiarity with English
> and this did not have any significant outcome on the results (see page 289)
> of the ISWC'07 paper.
>


according to what I am reading , there are a lot more dimension to
'culture' than language, will see if I can articulate
some points  for the workshop (deadline loomin) and for further discussion

lots and lots more to talk,

PDM

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