Publication
A Cross-Lingual Correcting and Completive Method for Multilingual Ontology Labels
Dagmar Gromann; Thierry Declerck
In: Paul Buitelaar; Philipp Cimiano. Towards the Multilingual Semantic Web. Pages 227-242, ISBN 978-3-662-43584-7, Springer, Heidelberg, New York, Dordrecht, London, 9/2014.
Abstract
Multilingual content in ontologies has one of the highest potentials for
bridging linguistic borders on the Semantic Web. Human readability and automated
linguistic processing of Multilingual Semantic Web resources depend on natural
language content represented in labels. As there are currently no standards or best
practices for labeling ontologies, existing labels are frequently highly condensed up
to the point of losing their domain-specific expressivity. For instance, ellipses often
used in labels pose a challenge to linguistic processing. Elided domain-specific
elements challenge human users and machines alike. Thus, the proposed method expands
condensed labels in four main processing steps by resolving complex natural
language phenomena. It heavily relies on a cross-lingual comparison and employs
idiosyncratic benefits of one language to process other languages.