TY - GEN
T1 - Using cross-lingual information to cope with underspecification in formal ontologies
AU - Ceusters, Werner
AU - Desimpel, Ignace
AU - Smith, Barry
AU - Schulz, Stefan
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - Description logics and other formal devices are frequently used as means for preventing or detecting mistakes in ontologies. Some of these devices are also capable of inferring the existence of inter-concept relationships that have not been explicitly entered into an ontology. A prerequisite, however, is that this information can be derived from those formal definitions of concepts and relationships which are included within the ontology. In this paper, we present a novel algorithm that is able to suggest relationships among existing concepts in a formal ontology that are not derivable from such formal definitions. The algorithm exploits cross-lingual information that is implicitly present in the collection of terms used in various languages to denote the concepts and relationships at issue. By using a specific experimental design, we are able to quanta the impact of cross-lingual information in coping with underspecification in formal ontologies.
AB - Description logics and other formal devices are frequently used as means for preventing or detecting mistakes in ontologies. Some of these devices are also capable of inferring the existence of inter-concept relationships that have not been explicitly entered into an ontology. A prerequisite, however, is that this information can be derived from those formal definitions of concepts and relationships which are included within the ontology. In this paper, we present a novel algorithm that is able to suggest relationships among existing concepts in a formal ontology that are not derivable from such formal definitions. The algorithm exploits cross-lingual information that is implicitly present in the collection of terms used in various languages to denote the concepts and relationships at issue. By using a specific experimental design, we are able to quanta the impact of cross-lingual information in coping with underspecification in formal ontologies.
KW - Formal ontology
KW - language driven quality control
KW - multi-lingual ontologies
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84887861960
U2 - 10.3233/978-1-60750-939-4-391
DO - 10.3233/978-1-60750-939-4-391
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84887861960
SN - 1586033476
SN - 9781586033477
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 391
EP - 396
BT - The New Navigators
PB - IOS Press
T2 - 18th International Congress of the European Federation for Medical Informatics, MIE 2003
Y2 - 4 May 2003 through 7 May 2003
ER -