Multilingual lexico-semantic resources are used in different semantic services such as meaning extraction or data integration and linking, which are essential for the development of real-world applications. However their use is hampered by the lack of maintenance and quality control mechanisms over their content. The Universal Knowledge Core (UKC) is a multilingual lexico-semantic resource designed as a multi-layered ontology that has a language-independent semantic layer, the concept core, and a language-specific lexico-semantic layer, the natural language core. In this paper, we focus on expert-based, collaborative workflow for building and maintaining our resource through lexicalisation and evaluation of language elements via a dedicated User Interface (UI). We have run a three-month study to analyse the feasibility of the proposed solution. We interviewed participants to obtain a comprehensive vision with respect to different aspects related to the way they interacted with the UI and how the content presented through it was perceived. We concluded that this collaborative experience fostered not only the implementation of a resource but also an improvement of its functionalities, and, above all, it represented an example of effective knowledge sharing which opened up the way to a network of collaborative intelligence.

Building a Lexico-Semantic Resource Collaboratively / Mercedes, Huertas-Migueláñez; Leonardi, Natascia; Giunchiglia, Fausto. - Proceedings in 18th EURALEX International Congress, 17-21 July 2018, Ljubljana, Slovenia:(2018), pp. 827-834. (Intervento presentato al convegno EURALEX 2018 tenutosi a Ljubljana, Slovenia nel 17-21 July 2018).

Building a Lexico-Semantic Resource Collaboratively

Mercedes Huertas-Migueláñez;Fausto Giunchiglia
2018-01-01

Abstract

Multilingual lexico-semantic resources are used in different semantic services such as meaning extraction or data integration and linking, which are essential for the development of real-world applications. However their use is hampered by the lack of maintenance and quality control mechanisms over their content. The Universal Knowledge Core (UKC) is a multilingual lexico-semantic resource designed as a multi-layered ontology that has a language-independent semantic layer, the concept core, and a language-specific lexico-semantic layer, the natural language core. In this paper, we focus on expert-based, collaborative workflow for building and maintaining our resource through lexicalisation and evaluation of language elements via a dedicated User Interface (UI). We have run a three-month study to analyse the feasibility of the proposed solution. We interviewed participants to obtain a comprehensive vision with respect to different aspects related to the way they interacted with the UI and how the content presented through it was perceived. We concluded that this collaborative experience fostered not only the implementation of a resource but also an improvement of its functionalities, and, above all, it represented an example of effective knowledge sharing which opened up the way to a network of collaborative intelligence.
2018
Proceedings of the XVIII EURALEX International Congress
Ljubljana, Slovenia
University of Ljubljana, Centre for language resources and technologies
Mercedes, Huertas-Migueláñez; Leonardi, Natascia; Giunchiglia, Fausto
Building a Lexico-Semantic Resource Collaboratively / Mercedes, Huertas-Migueláñez; Leonardi, Natascia; Giunchiglia, Fausto. - Proceedings in 18th EURALEX International Congress, 17-21 July 2018, Ljubljana, Slovenia:(2018), pp. 827-834. (Intervento presentato al convegno EURALEX 2018 tenutosi a Ljubljana, Slovenia nel 17-21 July 2018).
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