Iconic queries on pictorial data
Gloria Bordogna, Isabella Gagliardi, Dora Merelli, P. Mussio, Marco Padula, Marco Protti · 2003
In a diagrammatic conversion iconic, verbal and graphic messages are spontaneously exchanged. If a computing system is to be used in the communication, it must be able to understand the conversants' lexicon and language. The paper discusses the design of such a system. The system understands the visual messages exploiting existing image interpretation tools and different knowledge basis defined according to the different specific context in which the conversation takes place.>