Techniques for text planning with XSLT

  • Authors:
  • Mary Ellen Foster;Michael White

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh;University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh

  • Venue:
  • NLPXML '04 Proceeedings of the Workshop on NLP and XML (NLPXML-2004): RDF/RDFS and OWL in Language Technology
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

We describe an approach to text planning that uses the XSLT template-processing engine to create logical forms for an external surface realizer. Using a realizer that can process logical forms with embedded alternatives provides a substitute for backtracking in the text-planning process. This allows the text planner to combine the strengths of the AI-planning and template-based traditions in natural language generation.