A Common Web Language.ppt

A Common Web Language Hiroshi Uchida ISeC (Institute of Semantic Computing) Semantic Computing, CDL and UNL UNLa language for computers Artificial language (Semantic Network with Hyper Node) A node represents a concept An arc represents a relation A node can be annotated by attributes Consists of; Universal Words: vocabulary Relations, Attributes: syntax Knowledge Base: semantics Long ago, in the city of Babylon, the people begun to build a huge tower, which seemed about to reach the heavens. Long ago, in the city of Babylon, the people begun to build a huge tower, which seemed about to reach the heavens. {unl} tim(begin(agtthing,objthing).@entry.@past,long ago(iclago)) mod(city(iclregion).@def,Babylon(iclcity)) plc(begin(agtthing,objthing).@entry.@past,city(iclregion).@def) agt(begin(agtthing,objthing).@entry.@past,people(iclperson).@def) obj(begin(agtthing,objthing).@entry.@past,build(agtthing,objthing)@past) agt(build(agtthing,objthing),people(iclperson).@def) obj(build(agtthing,objthing)),tower(iclbuilding)) aoj(huge(iclbig),tower(iclbuilding)) aoj(seem(aojthing).@past,tower(iclbuilding)) obj(seem(aojthing).@past,reach(iclcome).@begin.@soon) obj(reach(iclcome).@begin.@soon,tower(iclbuilding)) gol(reach(iclcome).@begin.@soon,heaven(iclregion).@def.@pl) {/unl} History of UNL Started in 1996, as an initiative of the UNU/IAS in Japan RD UNU/IAS and other 19 research institutes Development on 18 languages Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Greek, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Mongol, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Swahili Transfer to the UNDL Foundation in 2001 Relation Constitutes syntax of the UNL Expresses objectivity together with UWs Expresses how concepts(UW) constitutes a sentence related each other 38 relations agt and aoj bas cag cao cnt cob con coo dur fmt frm ins man met mod nam obj or per plc plf plt pof pos ptn pur qua rsn scn seq src tim tmf tmt to via Relation agt agent