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How Controlled English can Improve Semantic Wikis

Human-Computer Interaction 2009-07-08 v1 Artificial Intelligence

Abstract

The motivation of semantic wikis is to make acquisition, maintenance, and mining of formal knowledge simpler, faster, and more flexible. However, most existing semantic wikis have a very technical interface and are restricted to a relatively low level of expressivity. In this paper, we explain how AceWiki uses controlled English - concretely Attempto Controlled English (ACE) - to provide a natural and intuitive interface while supporting a high degree of expressivity. We introduce recent improvements of the AceWiki system and user studies that indicate that AceWiki is usable and useful.

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@article{arxiv.0907.1245,
  title  = {How Controlled English can Improve Semantic Wikis},
  author = {Tobias Kuhn},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0907.1245},
  year   = {2009}
}
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