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Type Conference or Workshop Paper
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Published in Proceedings Yes
Title An evaluation framework for controlled natural languages
Organization Unit
Authors
  • T Kuhn
Editors
  • N E Fuchs
Presentation Type paper
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
ISBN 978-3-642-14417-2
ISSN 0302-9743 (P) 1611-3349 (E)
Page Range 1 - 20
Event Title Workshop on Controlled Natural Language (CNL 2009)
Event Type workshop
Event Location Marettimo Island, Italy
Event Start Date June 8 - 2009
Event End Date June 10 - 2009
Series Name Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Number 5972
Place of Publication Berlin
Publisher Springer
Abstract Text This paper presents a general framework called ontographs that relies on a graphical notation and enables the tool-independent and reliable evaluation of human understandability of knowledge representation languages. An experiment with 64 participants is presented that applies this framework and compares a controlled natural language to a common formal language. The results show that the controlled natural language is easier to understand, needs less learning time, and is more accepted by its users. This work was funded by the research grant (Forschungskredit) programs 2006 and 2008 of the University of Zurich. I would like to thank Alain Cohn, Norbert E. Fuchs, Kaarel Kaljurand, Marc Lutz, Cerstin Mahlow, Philipp Müller and Michael Piotrowski for their suggestions and corrections. Furthermore, I would like to acknowledge the Institute for Empirical Research in Economics of the University of Zurich for organizing the recruitment of the participants for the experiment.
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