SUO: RE: : Enhancing Data Interoperability with Ontologies...
Norbert E. Fuchs wrote:
> On Mar 30, 2004, at 23:54, Richard Cooper wrote:
>
> > John,
> >
> > Following your links, I eventually came across
> > http://www.ifi.unizh.ch/groups/CL/hess/drt.pdf
> > which describes how sentences can be analyzed
> > for pronouns and their refferants. Do you think
> > this paper is comprehensive enough, and the
> > area solid enough, to produce a CLCE that can
> > handle pronouns?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Rich
> >
>
> Rich
>
> Have a look at our Attempto Controlled English (ACE) at
> http://www.ifi.unizh.ch/attempto/.
>
> ACE uses pronouns, definite noun phrases, and variables as anaphoric
> references to previously introduced noun phrases.
>
> ACE overlaps with John Sowa's CLCE, but has many additional
> features -
> including some that you seem to be looking for. But beware - ACE has
> been developed with intentions similar to those that lead to CLCE.
>
> See John Sowa:
>
> > But the goal I had in mind for CLCE is to replace
> > or supplement notations such as SQL, UML, OWL, etc.
> > That is an engineering problem, not a research project
> > in psycholinguistics.
> >
> > I see a requirement for an easily readable notation
> > for software design and development. That is a big
> > enough problem for now, and I believe it's solvable.
>
> I think that with ACE - now in version 4 - we have proved the problem
> to be solvable.
>
> Regards.
>
> Norbert E. Fuchs
> Department of Informatics
> University of Zurich
> Switzerland
Thanks so much for your comments. How can I get
a copy of ACE to experiment with, or is it a restricted
product unavailable to the public?
Thanks,
Rich