This book includes the papers presented at the fifth International Conference on Application of Natural Language to Information Systems (NLDB 2000) which was held in Versailles (France) on June 28-30. Following NLDB95 in Versailles, NLDB96 i n Amsterdam, NLDB97 i n Vancouver, and NLDB99 i n Klagenfurt, NLDB 2000 was a forum for exchanging new research results and trends on the benefits of integrating Natural Language resources in Information System Engineering. Since the first NLDB workshop in 1995 it has become apparent that each aspect of an information system life cycle may be improved by natural language techniques: database design (specification, validation, conflict resolution), database query languages, and application programming that use new software engineering research (natural language program specifications). As information systems are now evolving into the communication area, the term databases should be considered in the broader sense of information and communication systems. The main new trend in NLDB 2000 is related to the WEB wave: WEB querying, WEB answering, and information retrieval. Among 47 papers submitted from 18 countries, the program committee selected 29 papers to be presented during the conference. Besides these regular papers, two invited talks (given by Pr. Reind P. van de Riet and Pr. Maurice Gross), and a set of posters and demonstrations are also included in these proceedings.
Author(s): Ans A.G. Steuten, Frank Dehne, Reind P. van de Riet (auth.), Mokrane Bouzeghoub, Zoubida Kedad, Elisabeth Métais (eds.)
Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1959
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 378
Tags: Database Management; Information Storage and Retrieval; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Logics and Meanings of Programs; Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages; Computer Communication Networks
Word Net ++: A Lexicon Supporting the Color-X Method....Pages 1-16
Generating Narratives from Plots Using Schema Information....Pages 17-29
Temporal Granularity Enlightened by Knowledge....Pages 30-41
Coping with Different Types of Ambiguity Using a Uniform Context Handling Mechanism....Pages 42-53
WSD Algorithm Applied to a NLP System....Pages 54-65
“Beijing Frowns and Washington Pays Close Attention” Computer Processing of Relations between Geographical Proper Names in Foreign Affairs....Pages 66-78
Understanding and Representing Relationship Semantics in Database Design....Pages 79-90
An Ontology for Classifying the Semantics of Relationships in Database Design....Pages 91-102
A Very Large Database of Collocations and Semantic Links....Pages 103-114
Using Terminology Extraction to Improve Traceability from Formal Models to Textual Requirements....Pages 115-126
Natural Language Analysis for Semantic Document Modeling....Pages 127-140
Domain Analysis and Queries in Context....Pages 141-151
Using Information Extraction and Natural Language Generation to Answer E-Mail....Pages 152-163
Using OLAP and Data Mining for Content Planning in Natural Language Generation....Pages 164-175
Toward an Enhancement of Textual Database Retrieval Using NLP Techniques....Pages 176-189
Document Identification by Shallow Semantic Analysis....Pages 190-202
Automated Information Extraction out of Classified Advertisements....Pages 203-214
A Smart Web Query Engine for Semantic Retrieval of Web Data and Its Application to E-Trading....Pages 215-226
GETESS: Constructing a Linguistic Search Index for an Internet Search Engine....Pages 227-238
Using Semantics for Efficient Information Retrieval....Pages 239-250
Guidelines for NL-Based Requirements Specifications in NIBA....Pages 251-264
Developing Document Analysis and Data Extraction Tools for Entity Modelling....Pages 265-275
On the Automatization of Database Conceptual Modelling through Linguistic Engineering....Pages 276-287
The REVERE Project: Experiments with the Application of Probabilistic NLP to Systems Engineering....Pages 288-300
Presenting Mathematical Concepts as an Example for Inference-Rich Domains....Pages 301-312
Modeling Interaction and Media Objects....Pages 313-324
Validating Conceptual Models - Utilising Analysis Patterns as an Instrument for Explanation Generation....Pages 325-339
Conceptual Patterns - A Consolidation of Coad’s and Wohed’s Approaches....Pages 340-351
Patterns Retrieval System: A First Attempt....Pages 352-363
Ontology Learning from Text....Pages 364-364
ISIS: Interaction through Speech with Information Systems....Pages 365-365
Effects of Hypertext Navigational Structure on Knowledge Acquisition....Pages 366-366
MEDIEVAL : A Navigation Tool Through Medieval Documents....Pages 367-367
MESIA: A Web Site Assistant for Document Filtering....Pages 368-368
LE x IS A Query Language to Scan Information Flow....Pages 369-369
A Financial Data Mining Trading System....Pages 370-370
