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ACL
2009
15 years 4 months ago
Learning foci for Question Answering over Topic Maps
This paper introduces the concepts of asking point and expected answer type as variations of the question focus. They are of particular importance for QA over semistructured data,...
Alexander Mikhailian, Tiphaine Dalmas, Rani Pinchu...
DLOG
1996
15 years 8 months ago
A Translation Scheme for Domain Ontologies Based on Model Ontologies of KBS
To ensure the re-use of domain ontologies the usual approach relies on a pivot language, e.g., Kif, intoandfromwhich the domainontologyis translated. This requires several distinc...
Houria Mihoubi, Ana Simonet, Michel Simonet
SIGMOD
2002
ACM
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16 years 6 months ago
Data Modelling versus Ontology Engineering
Ontologies in current computer science parlance are computer based resources that represent agreed domain semantics. Unlike data models, the fundamental asset of ontologies is the...
Peter Spyns, Robert Meersman, Mustafa Jarrar
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ER
1999
Springer
108views Database» more  ER 1999»
15 years 11 months ago
Modeling Cyclic Change
Database support of time-varying phenomena typically assumes that entities change in a linear fashion. Many phenomena, however, change cyclically over time. Examples include monsoo...
Kathleen Hornsby, Max J. Egenhofer, Patrick J. Hay...
DASFAA
2010
IEEE
166views Database» more  DASFAA 2010»
16 years 1 months ago
The Objects Interaction Matrix for Modeling Cardinal Directions in Spatial Databases
Abstract. Besides topological relations and approximate relations, cardinal directions have turned out to be an important class of qualitative spatial relations. In spatial databas...
Tao Chen, Markus Schneider, Ganesh Viswanathan, We...