Query Sentences as Semantic (Sub) Networks

Author

Booth, Joel ; Di Eugenio, Barbara ; Cruz, Isabel F. ; Wolfson, Ouri

Author_Institution

Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

14-16 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

89

Lastpage

94

Abstract

This paper presents an approach for representing queries in natural language as semantic networks. The semantic representation is intended to facilitate the translation between natural language and database queries. A domain agnostic algorithm, based on shallow features, is used to map a sentence to a sub-network of concepts within a larger ontology. This work focuses on transportation information systems and gives promising preliminary results.

Keywords

database management systems; natural language processing; ontologies (artificial intelligence); query processing; semantic networks; transportation; database queries; domain agnostic algorithm; natural language; ontology; query sentences; semantic networks; semantic representation; shallow features; transportation information systems; Computer networks; Database systems; Information systems; Logic; Natural languages; Ontologies; Semantic Web; Spatial databases; Transportation; Vocabulary; natural language interfaces; natural language processing; ontologies; query representation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Semantic Computing, 2009. ICSC '09. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Berkeley, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4962-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-3800-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSC.2009.84

Filename

5298583