- From: Danny Ayers <danny.ayers@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 22:56:08 +0200
- To: Xavier Noria <fxn@hashref.com>
- Cc: semantic-web@w3.org
On 10/23/05, Xavier Noria <fxn@hashref.com> wrote: > However, I have never seen an algorithm mentioned, nor even a > description of some approach, for how the translation from natural > language to some query language can be automated. Whether some > constraints have to be assumed in the natural language interface, > whether it is even possible or not such a translation, etc. > > Are there any pointers that can help me get the picture? Which is the > state of the art? Or do people always mean the translation as of > today has to be done by a person? Maybe a good place to look would be some of the papers in CiteSeer: http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/ In general there has been a vast amount of work done on interpreting natural language for use with formal languages. But personally I've only seen a couple of applications of it with RDF/OWL (one is at [1]). I think it's a fairly safe prediction there will be a lot more in the near future. Cheers, Danny. [1] http://semanticweb.deit.univpm.it/swap2004/cameraready/vertan.pdf -- http://dannyayers.com
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