- From: Deborah McGuinness <dlm@ksl.stanford.edu>
- Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2001 09:27:09 -0800
- To: Leo Obrst <lobrst@mitre.org>
- CC: Webont <www-webont-wg@w3.org>
i think conceptual search is in the technical issues that goes across all areas - i think leo would be one of the first to agree with me that - document/information organization systems need at an absolute minimum structured search and preferably conceptual search - interoperability applications are greatly enhanced with conceptual search (and i would actually claim close to doomed to failure without some kind of search that finds "similar" terms) -web services i think could get a start with beautifully precise APIs and posting of what different services provide but very quickly (i would suggest probably alpha version 2 or just after the white board quick and dirty demo) need some kind of good search as co-chair of the technology requirements area, i was thinking that we would include it in our list but as chair of your group, were you also going to put it in yours? thx, d Leo Obrst wrote: > A question I have: under which use case is conceptual search? I too had > posted this as a use case, but am not sure where it falls. > > Thanks, > Leo > > Deborah McGuinness wrote: > > > > Sorry for the late contribution – I was offline when this was officially > > due. > > > > These are a few use case interests from my research interests and also > > from consulting. References point to some examples of work I or > > colleagues have done in these areas. > > The last point is work led by McIlraith in our group at Stanford. > > > > - search – from simple things like structured search like retrieving > > tech reports, calendar entries[0], etc. The search should include both > > free text search and utilizing markup information and ontology > > definitions. This moves into conceptual search. An early example of > > simple and more complicated conceptual search using ontologies, markup, > > and free text search is FindUR [1-3] > > - intelligent interoperable e-commerce. Use ontologies for all levels > > of support including simple things like integrity checks, more > > complicated support such as ontology merging and mapping to “standard” > > upper level ontologies such as UNSPSC, etc. Simple early versions of > > this include electronic yellow pages such as Directory Westfield. More > > complicated versions of this include real configuration and solutions > > across complicated domains. Early examples of ontology-enhanced > > configuration includes work on PROSE/QUESTAR [5]. > > - Explainable query answering systems using background ontologies and > > markup to both answer queries as well as to provide followup questions. > > One way of visualizing this might be “ask jeeves done with knowledge > > representation” (instead of through a lot of hard coding). > > - Personalized assistant. One example I like is an assistant supporting > > the logistics of travel – both making travel reservations and also > > integrating that into appropriate systems like my palm pilot, expense > > forms, etc. I have a bit of this in a presentation for ICC2001 (but > > Mike Dean’s detailed example is another excellent example of this > > issue). > > - Web services. One of the focuses of KSL, Stanford's research over the > > last 1.5 years has been the confluence of the Semantic Web and Web > > Services -- self-contained Web-accessible programs, and devices, > > together with distributed computing architectures. As with DAML+OIL > > (in the guise of DAML-S), we would like to use WOL to create ontologies > > of Web Service properties and capabilities. Such annotations would be > > used to automate Web service discovery, Web service invocation and Web > > service composition and interoperation. [6] > > > > [0] http://www.quintillion.com/summit/calendar/ > > [1] http://www.research.att.com/~dlm/findur/ > > [2] http://www.ksl.stanford.edu/people/dlm/papers/iccs00-abstract.html > > [3] http://www.ksl.stanford.edu/people/dlm/papers/imia99-abstract.html > > [4] http://www.ataclick.com/westfield/ > > [5] http://www.research.att.com/~dlm/papers/ieee-expert.html > > [6] http://www.ksl.stanford.edu/people/sam/ieee01.pdf > > > > -- > > Deborah L. McGuinness > > Knowledge Systems Laboratory > > Gates Computer Science Building, 2A Room 241 > > Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-9020 > > email: dlm@ksl.stanford.edu > > URL: http://ksl.stanford.edu/people/dlm > > (voice) 650 723 9770 (stanford fax) 650 725 5850 (computer fax) > > 801 705 0941 > > -- > _____________________________________________ > Dr. Leo Obrst The MITRE Corporation > mailto:lobrst@mitre.org Intelligent Information Management/Exploitation > Voice: 703-883-6770 7515 Colshire Drive, M/S W640 > Fax: 703-883-1379 McLean, VA 22102-7508, USA -- Deborah L. McGuinness Knowledge Systems Laboratory Gates Computer Science Building, 2A Room 241 Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-9020 email: dlm@ksl.stanford.edu URL: http://ksl.stanford.edu/people/dlm (voice) 650 723 9770 (stanford fax) 650 725 5850 (computer fax) 801 705 0941
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