English as a Formal Specification Language
DEXA '02 Proceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Applications
Three theses of representation in the semantic web
WWW '03 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on World Wide Web
Description logic programs: combining logic programs with description logic
WWW '03 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on World Wide Web
Annotating the semantic web using natural language
NLPXML '02 Proceedings of the 2nd workshop on NLP and XML - Volume 17
Annotating websites with machine-processable information in controlled natural language
AOW '06 Proceedings of the second Australasian workshop on Advances in ontologies - Volume 72
Bidirectional mapping between OWL DL and attempto controlled english
PPSWR'06 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Principles and Practice of Semantic Web Reasoning
Improving text mining with controlled natural language: a case study for protein interactions
DILS'06 Proceedings of the Third international conference on Data Integration in the Life Sciences
A revised architecture for semantic web reasoning
PPSWR'05 Proceedings of the Third international conference on Principles and Practice of Semantic Web Reasoning
Lightweight parsing of classifications into lightweight ontologies
ECDL'10 Proceedings of the 14th European conference on Research and advanced technology for digital libraries
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We propose to manually annotate web pages with computer-processable con trolled natural language. These annotations have well-defined formal properties and can be used as query relevant summaries to automatically answer questions expressed in controlled natural language, and as the basis for other forms of automated reasoning. Last, but not least, the annotations can also serve as human-readable summaries of the contents of the web pages. Arguably, annotations written in controlled natural language can bridge the gap between informal and formal notations and leverage true collaboration between humans and machines. This is a position paper that proposes a solution combining existing methods and techniques to achieve a highly relevant practical goal, namely how to effectively access information on the web. However, our solution introduces a "chicken and egg" problem: a critical mass of web annotations will be necessary that people perceive the value of these annotations and start annotating web pages themselves. Only the future will show whether this --- basically non-technical --- problem can be solved.