natural language visual interface for SPARQL

I  have been thinking, why isnt there a web service that allows users
to carry out supported sparql queries
by having an HTML front end where users can simply input the variables
as text, and let the service compose the query

this would, in theory, enable anyone to query specific urls, or search
open web via the usual search indexes for data published in OWL/RDF.
or at least try

 lot of interesting papers that tackle the subject, but no URL for
such a web service


http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q=natural+language+interface+for+sparql+web+service&oq=natural+language+interface+for+sparql+web+service&gs_l=hp.3...59522.61537.2.61657.12.12.0.0.0.0.589.2703.0j4j1j1j2j1.9.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.4xjzkXaA4RQ&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&fp=648acda22bf0fc4e&biw=1016&bih=626

would this approach crack at least some of the SW challenges?

anything already in the works that can be tested?

any specific issues that should prevent this approach to be feasible?


Thank you very much

pdm

Received on Saturday, 18 August 2012 12:53:35 UTC