Abstract
A new type of machine dictionary is described, which uses terminological relations to build up a semantic network representing the terms of a particular subject field, through interaction with the user. These relations are then used to dynamically generate outline definition of terms in on-line query mode. The definitions produced are precise, consistent and informative, and allow the user to situate a query term in the local conceptual environment. The simple definitions based on terminological relations are supplemented by information contained in facets and modifiers, which allow the user to capture different views of the data.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the First Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computatlonal Linguistics |
| Publisher | Association for Computational Linguistics |
| Pages | 90-95 |
| Publication status | Published - 1983 |
Keywords
- natural language processing
- computational linguistics
- machine dictionaries
- semantic networks
- definitions
- terminology