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Natural Language Interface Service for the Semantic Web
Craig Thompson
cwt@uark.edu
Research Interests
- Middleware and Database Architectures
- Agent Systems
- Natural Language Interfaces
See http://csce.uark.edu/~cwt/Research-Topics.html
Natural Language Interface Service for the Semantic Web Craig - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Natural Language Interface Service for the Semantic Web Craig - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Natural Language Interface Service for the Semantic Web Craig Thompson cwt@uark.edu Research Interests Middleware and Database Architectures Agent Systems Natural Language Interfaces See
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Outline
- Example
- Basic Idea
- History
- NLI Web Service
- Next Steps
- Conclusions
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Demo
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Basic Idea
see http://www.objs.com/agility/tech-reports/0101-MBNLI.doc
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History
- 1983-1986 – patents; products on TI PC
and Explorer Lisp Machine; my PhD; contracts
- 1998-2002 DARPA work
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Web Services
- Reusable components – one of the ideas
behind the semantic web
- XML, SOAP, UDDI, WSDL, …
– SOAP = Simple Object Access Protocol – uses XML – UDDI = Universal Description, Discovery and Integration – WSDL = Web Service Description Language
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Basic MBNLI
User interface Including menus and answers Predictive Parser Including translations
Grammar & Lexicon
Target System e.g. a DBMS or resource
Other info e.g. DBMS schema
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machine
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Web Page
User interface Grammar & Lexicon
Web Page
User interface MBNLI I/F descriptor
Web-enabled MBNLI
Parser Farm(s) Target System(s) e.g. a DBMS or resource
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Next Steps
- Two playgrounds
– Semantic Web – Everything is Alive
- To Do List
– MBNLI web descriptors – Applications – financial, pets, robots – Interface composition – MBNLI as an EiA agent plug-in
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Everything is Alive
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Conclusion
- MBNLI could be a killer app for the
semantic web/global Internet.
- Students – do you want to play?