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OntoVerbal: a generic tool and practical application to SNOMED CT

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posted on 2023-06-08, 15:28 authored by Shao Fen Liang, Donia Scott, Robert Stevens, Alan Rector
Ontology development is a non-trivial task requiring expertise in the chosen ontological language. We propose a method for making the content of ontologies more transparent by presenting, through the use of natural language generation, naturalistic descriptions of ontology classes as textual paragraphs. The method has been implemented in a proof-of-concept system, OntoVerbal, that automatically generates paragraph-sized textual descriptions of ontological classes expressed in OWL. OntoVerbal has been applied to ontologies that can be loaded into Protégé and been evaluated with SNOMED CT, showing that it provides coherent, well-structured and accurate textual descriptions of ontology classes.

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Journal

International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications

ISSN

2158-107X

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SAI Organization

Issue

6

Volume

4

Page range

227-239

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  • Informatics Publications

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  • Yes

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2013-08-02

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2013-08-02

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2013-08-01

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