Library Cataloging
Simplifying Question Answering on the Web by Raghu Anantharangachar and Srinivasan Ramani has been published as HPL-2010-92.
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- Dublin Core
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- Niso
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Library Cataloging
Question Answering on the Web
Simplifying Question Answering on the Web by Raghu Anantharangachar and Srinivasan Ramani has been published as HPL-2010-92.
The growth of World Wide Web (WWW) has created a huge repository of information. However, this information repository can only be used by human beings. A person searching for a specific answer to a question can use the web to gather information from various web sites and other information repositories, and manually find out the answer to his question. While doing this, the user also has to understand the contents of each web site or repository, and interpret the data appropriately, as they might be in different formats and representations. Thirdly, the data on the web might be coming from various sources, and security and authenticity is an issue. The user needs to manually check the validity of the data sources, and use the data appropriately. Lastly, to derive answers to questions which need some factual data and some logical reasoning, the user needs to perform the reasoning himself. All these problems make it difficult for the na*ive user to easily obtain answers to his questions and use them for his purpose. We describe a solution to this problem of question answering in the yellow pages or e-commerce context. While we believe that the technology can be applied to other domains, we do not aim at a universal question answering system. We have explored a solution using semantic web techniques which support the creation of a huge machine processable information repository, through a Web 2.0 process, with the users contributing the effort and editors ensuring quality. The system has a simple interface through which vendors can create structured data in the form. Using ontologies standardizes the terminology and eliminates errors in interpretation and usage of terms. We have explored the use of simple and shallow reasoning where possible, to give inferred information in addition to explicitly stored information. Lastly, we describe a simple and intuitive user interface that is interactive. This tool enables the user to express his question in an unambiguous way. A very similar tool enables information contributors to enter information.
- Rdfa In Xhtml
The technical specification RDFa in XHTML Syntax and Processing was formally accepted as a Web Consortium Technical Recommendation by W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee.The current Web is primarily made up of an enormous number of documents that have been created...
- Rdf Browsing Tool
A new Hp report of possible interest, Humboldt: Exploring Linked Data by Georgi Kobilarov and Ian Dickinson (HPL-2008-23)Abstract: We present Humboldt, a novel user interface for browsing RDF data. Current user interfaces for browsing RDF data are reviewed....
- Dublin Core
DCMI introduces a new Question and Answer service for the community: AskDCMI. This service is based on the virtual reference infrastructure developed by the Information Institute of Syracuse as part of the Virtual Reference Desk project. A number of experts...
- Map Scales
On MAPS-L recently there was a question about map scales and the answers provided pointers to several useful tools.Mathematical data for bibliographic descriptions of cartographic materials and spatial data by Jan Smits covers projections, bar scales,...
- Niso
Networked Reference Services Committee Releases Question/Answer Transaction Protocol (QATP) - National Information Standards Organization (NISO) Comments are due before Jan. 8, 2003.The Protocol Subcommittee of NISO Standards Committee AZ on Networked...