Using concept maps in digital libraries as a cross-language resource discovery tool

  • Authors:
  • Ryan Richardson;Edward A. Fox

  • Affiliations:
  • Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA;Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 5th ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

The concept map, first suggested by Joseph Novak, has been extensively studied as a way for learners to increase understanding. We are automatically generating and translating concept maps from electronic theses and dissertations, for both English and Spanish, as a DL aid to discovery and summarization.