On 9/8/10 11:24 AM, Mike Bennett wrote:
> There was also an interesting paper submitted to the upcoming
> ODISE conference (Ontology Driven Software Engineering), which I
> hope is accepted (I just reviewed it and recommended that it is),
> which describes an architecture for ontology-assisted extraction
> of meaningful information from text documents.
>
All, (01)
Wondering if there is a list of NLP services that offer API access --
conventional or via REST interaction patterns. (02)
Kingsley
> Mike
>
> On 08/09/2010 15:26, Kingsley Idehen wrote:
>> On 9/8/10 9:16 AM, John F. Sowa wrote:
>>> On 9/8/2010 8:29 AM, Kingsley Idehen wrote:
>>>> I agree with most of your comments above, but we need to be a little
>>>> clearer about Linked Data (HTTP URI based hyperdata graphs) and Linked
>>>> Open Data (LOD) which is an application of the Web of Linked Data
>>>> publishing practices espoused in TimBL's meme [1].
>>> I'm glad that we mutually mostly agree.
>>>
>>>> LOD was bootstrapped through DBpedia [3]. This particular project
>>>> deliberately demoted RDF/XML to a negotiated data serialization format
>>>> while producing data sets culled from Wikipedia extraction and
>>>> transformation using N-Triples and N3/Turtle as preferred markup. Most
>>>> important of all, even before RDFa was incorporated in DBpedia, it
>>>> introducted the notion of HTML based entity descriptors, enabling easier
>>>> human readability and exploration of hyperdata graphs via Web Browsers.
>>> That is an excellent short summary that illustrates the basic issues.
>>> I would just add three points:
>>>
>>> 1. DBpedia is a community effort, and I'm all in favor of community
>>> efforts.
>>>
>>> 2. But I also believe that NLP technology has reached a point where
>>> automated and semi-automated methods can supplement, extend, and
>>> facilitate the development of such resources.
>> John,
>>
>> Absolutely! This is basically what we do with tools like OpenCalais,
>> Zemanta, and Alcyhemy API. Basically, we have a piece of "on the fly"
>> RDF transformation middleware that we call the "sponger" [1][2][3] that
>> provides hooks for any NLP service that exposes an API. It's
>> architectural components are as follows:
>>
>> 1. Extractor Cartridge (or Driver) -- transforms content into RDF and/or
>> enriches RDF it encounters
>>
>> 2. Meta Cartridge (or Driver) - enriches output from #1 by passing text
>> through NLP engines and then performing LOD cloud lookups en route to
>> final Linked Data graph construction.
>>> 3. The automated tools will still require human guidance, review,
>>> and oversight, but they can be faster, more consistent, and
>>> more thorough than traditional methods.
>> Yes, this is why annotation tools are so vital to the emerging Web of
>> Linked Data. Ironically, we don't actually many tools addressing this
>> critical area at the current time. Basically, the notion of a "Data
>> Wiki" is in plain sight, but only a few (including TimBL) have picked up
>> on this. TimBL's solution is that its implemented via the Tabulator
>> which is browser specific (re. extension) and so-so to use in hosted
>> form. We have solutions too, in many forms that inclued: QBE styley
>> Query Builders [4][5] with SPARUL capability, Annotation features within
>> our ODS [6] product etc.. But again, these products have questionable UI
>> (User Interaction) patterns (in the eyes of their beholders) due the
>> broader underlying concepts of Linked Data not being fully assimilated
>> by end-users, at the current time.
>>
>> Links:
>>
>> 1. http://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/dataspace/dav/wiki/Main/VirtSponger --
>> Virtuoso Sponger Middleware
>> 2.
>> http://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/screencasts/virtuoso-rdf-middleware3.swf
>> -- Virtuoso Sponger Workflow Animation
>> 3. http://uriburner.com -- Sponger Instance behind a domain that
>> delivers RDF transformation and Linked Data generation& publication
>> service
>> 4.
>>
>http://wikis.openlinksw.com/dataspace/owiki/wiki/OATWikiWeb/InteractiveSparqlQueryBuilder
>> -- iSPARQL Query Builder
>> 5.
>>
>http://wikis.openlinksw.com/dataspace/owiki/wiki/OATWikiWeb/InteractiveSparqlQueryBuilderTutorials
>> - iSPARQL Query Builder Tutorials
>> 6. http://ods.openlinksw.com/dataspace/dav/wiki/ODS -- OpenLink Data
>> Spaces (ODS) .
>>
>> Kingsley
>>
>>>> Yes! There is really absolutely nothing new about RDF or Linked Data.
>>>> Hopefully, people will soon come to understand this :-)
>>>>
>>>> Links:
>>>>
>>>> 1. http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/LinkedData.html - TimBL's how to
>>>> publish Linked Data meme
>>>> 2. http://esw.w3.org/SweoIG/TaskForces/CommunityProjects/LinkingOpenData
>>>> -- Linked Open Data Community Portal
>>>> 3. http://dbpedia.org .
>>> Amen.
>>>
>>> John
>>>
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