Evaluating an ontology-driven WYSIWYM interface

Feikje Hielkema; Christopher Stuart Mellish; Peter Edwards

Evaluating an ontology-driven WYSIWYM interface

Feikje Hielkema, Christopher Stuart Mellish, Peter Edwards

Computing Science

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Abstract

This paper describes an evaluation study of an ontology-driven WYSIWYM interface for metadata creation. Although the results are encouraging, they are not as positive as those of a similar tool developed for the medical domain. We believe this may be due, not to the WYSIWYM interface, but to the complexity of the underlying ontologies and the fact that subjects were unfamiliar with them. We discuss the ways in which ontology development might be influenced by issues stemming from using an NLG approach for user access to data, and the effect these factors have on general usability.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Fifth International Natural Language Generation Conference (INLG 2008)
Place of Publication	Morristown, NJ, USA
Publisher	ACL
Pages	138-146
Number of pages	9
Publication status	Published - 2008
Event	5th International Natural Language Generation Conference (INLG 2008) - Salt Fork, Ohio, United States Duration: 12 Jun 2008 → 14 Jun 2008

Conference

Conference	5th International Natural Language Generation Conference (INLG 2008)
Country/Territory	United States
City	Salt Fork, Ohio
Period	12/06/08 → 14/06/08

Keywords

NLG
evaluation
WYSIWYM
ontology

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http://www.aclweb.org/anthology/W/W08/W08-1118.pdf

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Pete Edwards (Advisor)
2012
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Hielkema, F, Mellish, CS & Edwards, P 2008, Evaluating an ontology-driven WYSIWYM interface. in Proceedings of the Fifth International Natural Language Generation Conference (INLG 2008). ACL, Morristown, NJ, USA, pp. 138-146, 5th International Natural Language Generation Conference (INLG 2008) , Salt Fork, Ohio, United States, 12/06/08. <http://www.aclweb.org/anthology/W/W08/W08-1118.pdf>

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