User guidance for effective query interpretation in natural language interfaces to ontologies
Natural Language Interfaces typically support a restricted language and also have scopes and limitations that naïve users are unaware of, resulting in errors when the users attempt to retrieve information from ontologies. To overcome this challenge, an auto-suggest feature is introduced into the qu...
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| author | Agaie, Aliyu Isah Azmi Murad, Masrah Azrifah Mohd Sharef, Nurfadhlina Mustapha, Aida |
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| description | Natural Language Interfaces typically support a restricted language and also have scopes and limitations that naïve
users are unaware of, resulting in errors when the users attempt to retrieve information from ontologies. To overcome this challenge, an auto-suggest feature is introduced into the querying process where users are guided through the querying process using interactive query construction system. Guiding users to formulate their queries, while providing them with an unconstrained (or almost unconstrained) way to query the ontology results in better interpretation of the query and ultimately lead to an effective search. The approach described in this paper is unobtrusive and subtly guides the users, so that they have a
choice of either selecting from the suggestion list or typing in full. The user is not coerced into accepting system suggestions and can express himself using fragments or full sentences. |
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| spelling | upm-532092017-10-24T06:13:10Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53209/ User guidance for effective query interpretation in natural language interfaces to ontologies Agaie, Aliyu Isah Azmi Murad, Masrah Azrifah Mohd Sharef, Nurfadhlina Mustapha, Aida Natural Language Interfaces typically support a restricted language and also have scopes and limitations that naïve users are unaware of, resulting in errors when the users attempt to retrieve information from ontologies. To overcome this challenge, an auto-suggest feature is introduced into the querying process where users are guided through the querying process using interactive query construction system. Guiding users to formulate their queries, while providing them with an unconstrained (or almost unconstrained) way to query the ontology results in better interpretation of the query and ultimately lead to an effective search. The approach described in this paper is unobtrusive and subtly guides the users, so that they have a choice of either selecting from the suggestion list or typing in full. The user is not coerced into accepting system suggestions and can express himself using fragments or full sentences. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53209/1/User%20guidance%20for%20effective%20query%20interpretation%20in%20natural%20language%20interfaces%20to%20ontologies.pdf Agaie, Aliyu Isah and Azmi Murad, Masrah Azrifah and Mohd Sharef, Nurfadhlina and Mustapha, Aida (2016) User guidance for effective query interpretation in natural language interfaces to ontologies. International Journal of Computer, Electrical, Automation, Control and Information Engineering, 10 (5). pp. 794-798. ISSN 2010-376X |
| spellingShingle | Agaie, Aliyu Isah Azmi Murad, Masrah Azrifah Mohd Sharef, Nurfadhlina Mustapha, Aida User guidance for effective query interpretation in natural language interfaces to ontologies |
| title | User guidance for effective query interpretation in natural language interfaces to ontologies |
| title_full | User guidance for effective query interpretation in natural language interfaces to ontologies |
| title_fullStr | User guidance for effective query interpretation in natural language interfaces to ontologies |
| title_full_unstemmed | User guidance for effective query interpretation in natural language interfaces to ontologies |
| title_short | User guidance for effective query interpretation in natural language interfaces to ontologies |
| title_sort | user guidance for effective query interpretation in natural language interfaces to ontologies |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53209/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53209/1/User%20guidance%20for%20effective%20query%20interpretation%20in%20natural%20language%20interfaces%20to%20ontologies.pdf |