The role of natural language in social information engineering

Kurt Englmeier; Fionn Murtagh; Josiane Mothe; Javier Pereira; Duska Rosenberg

doi:10.1109/AFRCON.2011.6072069

The role of natural language in social information engineering

Kurt Englmeier, Fionn Murtagh, Josiane Mothe, Javier Pereira, Duska Rosenberg

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In this paper we present work-in-progress - a technology platform for Social Collaboration in the context of Personalized Information Extraction. In particular, we consider elements of user-centered software engineering as it converges on the development of folksonomies. Results from our work-in-progress demonstrate to what extent non-IT users can apply natural language when managing their IT-based processes addressing information integration. We concentrate on the language model that supports the development of process-related folksonomies in the context of retrieving and merging textual information from different sources concerning legal documents. Findings in our work-in-progress underpin the conjecture that the computational nature of natural language overcomes the inherent problem of ambiguity when applied in a collaboration context that the users are aware of.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IEEE Africon'11
Publisher	IEEE
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781612849935
ISBN (Print)	9781612849928
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/AFRCON.2011.6072069
Publication status	Published - 10 Nov 2011
Externally published	Yes
Event	10th Africon Conference in Africa - Zambezi Sun Hotel, Livingstone, Zambia Duration: 13 Sept 2011 → 15 Sept 2011 Conference number: 10

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ISSN (Print)	2153-0025
ISSN (Electronic)	2153-0033

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Conference	10th Africon Conference in Africa
Country/Territory	Zambia
City	Livingstone
Period	13/09/11 → 15/09/11

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