Language Technology Support for Semantic Annotation of Icono-graphic Descriptions
Kamenka Staykova, Gennady Agre, Kiril Simov, Petya Osenova · 2011
The paper describes an approach for semantic annotation of multimedia objects implemented for the purposes of SINUS Project 1. Semantic annotations are supported by semantic annotation models based on ontological presentation of knowledge concerning Bulgarian Iconography. The process of semantic annotation includes automated data-lifting procedure and user-directed approach. The paper pays attention to a specific variant of the semantic annotation process directed by the user- application of Language Technologies for semi-automated creation of semantic text annotations (tags) based on analysis of descriptive texts. The ‘ontology-to-text ’ approach has been adapted to the needs of the iconographic domain. Initial experiments are established to support the user during the process of manual semantic annotations in the context of SINUS environment. 1