Intelligent Human Language Query Processing in Mkbeem
Aarno Lehtola, Johannes Heinecke, Catherine Bounsaythip, Pierre Marzin · 2003
This paper describes how ontologies are used to mediate between languages and to infer answers to user questions in the multilingual eCommerce mediation system Mkbeem. As an example, the paper discusses on how generic ontologies of colours and materials are used to infer additional facts about clothing products in order to facilitate information access. We also present how ontologies are applied in selling travelling services. The Mkbeem system prototype is in principle language independent but it has been so far tested in Finnish, French, English and Spanish.