《CWLA Common Web Language for Humans and Computers》.pptVIP

CWL Yerevan 25 Sep 2007 CWL：A Common Web Language for Humans and Computers Hiroshi Uchida (Institute of Semantic Computing) Problems to be Solved - Language Barrier - Almost all web pages are written in English People can not get information in their mother tongue. Machine translation is not a solution quality coverage Problems to be Solved -Machine Understandablility - HTML tag information Insufficient to intellectually utilize contents of web pages RDF and OWL No standard vocabulary to describe web contents Objectives of CWL For exchanging information through the web and also for enabling computers to process information semantically. To describe contents and meta-data of web pages written in natural languages. To realize a language barrier free world in the web and will also enable computers to extract semantic information and knowledge from web pages accurately. Requirements for CWL To be independent from any natural languages and shall enables users to develop conversion systems between CWL and each natural language. Different from natural languages, to be a formal language playing the same role of natural languages for humans. - This allows easy bi-directional conversion between CWL and other formal languages used in the web. - Based on CWL, various kinds of controlled language can easily be developed because of unambiguous structure of CWL. To be able to be easily be implemented in RDF/OWL. CWL representation CDL The CDL (Concept Description Language) is a language proposed by ISeC for Semantic Computing (SeC) RD. CDL is fundamental language within SeC (Semantic Computing) framework. CDL describes semantic/conceptual structure of contents (resources). CDLs CDL.nl The CDL.nl (CDL for Natural Language) consists of grammar, ontology and lexicons. Top ontology of CDL.nl is mainly based on the UNLKB. It is developed under funds from SCOPE of Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Ontology and lexicons are based on Universal