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[pt] Nos últimos anos temos visto o crescimento do volume de dados não estruturados gerados naWeb tradicional, e por isso aWeb Semântica nasceu como um paradigma que se propõe a estruturar o conteúdo da Web de uma forma flexível, por meio de ontologias de domínio e o modelo RDF, tornando os computadores capazes de processar automaticamente esses dados e possibilitando a geração de mais informação e conhecimento. Mas para tornar estas informações acessíveis para usuários de outros domínios, é necessário que haja uma maneira mais conveniente de consultar estas bases de conhecimento. A área de Processamento de Linguagem Natural (PLN) forneceu ferramentas para permitir que a linguagem natural (falada ou escrita) seja um meio conveniente para realizar consultas em bases de conhecimento. Contudo, para que o uso da linguagem natural seja realmente efetivo, é necessário um método que converta uma pergunta ou pedido em linguagem natural em uma consulta estruturada. Tendo em vista este objetivo, o presente trabalho propõe uma abordagem que converte uma pergunta/pedido em Português em uma consulta estruturada na linguagem SPARQL, por meio do uso de árvores de dependências e ontologias estruturada em grafos, e que também permite o enriquecimento dos resultados das perguntas/pedidos por meio da geração de perguntas relacionadas. / [en] In recent years we have seen the growth of the volume of unstructured data generated in the traditional Web. Therefore the Semantic Web was born as a paradigm that proposes to structure the content of the Web flexibly through domain ontologies and the RDF model, making computers capable of automatically processing this data, enabling the generation of more information and knowledge. However, to make this information accessible to users in other domains, there needs to be a more convenient way of looking at these knowledge bases. The Natural Language Processing (NLP) area has provided tools to allow natural (spoken or writing) is a convenient way to perform queries in knowledge bases. However, for the use of natural language to be useful, a method is required that converts a natural language question or request into a structured query. With this objective, the present work proposes an approach that converts a question/request in Portuguese into a structured query in the SPARQL language, through the use of dependency trees and structured ontologies in graphs, and that also enables the enrichment of question/request results by generating related questions.

Actualmente, los sistemas informáticos complejos se describen en términos de entidades que actúan como proveedores y consumidores. Estas entidades ofrecen su funcionalidad a través de servicios e interactúan entre ellas para ofrecer o pedir estos servicios. La integración de Sistemas Multi-Agente Abiertos y de Sistemas Orientados a Servicios es adecuada para implementar este tipo de sistemas. En los SMA abiertos, los agentes entran y salen del sistema, interactúan con los demás de una manera flexible, y se consideran como entidades reactivas y proactivas, capaces de razonar acerca de lo que sucede en su entorno y llevar a cabo acciones locales sobre la base de sus observaciones para alcanzar sus metas. El área de la computación orientada a servicios proporciona los bloques de construcción básicos para aplicaciones empresariales complejas que son los servicios. Los servicios son independientes de la plataforma y pueden ser descubiertos y compuestos de manera dinámica. Estas características hacen que los servicios sean adecuados para hacer frente a la elevada tasa de cambios en las demandas de las empresas. Sin embargo, la complejidad de los sistemas informáticos, los cambios en las condiciones del entorno y el conocimiento parcial de los agentes sobre el sistema requieren que los agentes cuenten con mecanismos que les faciliten tareas como el descubrimiento de servicios, la auto-organización de sus relaciones estructurales conforme se producen cambios en la demanda de servicios, y la promoción y mantenimiento de un comportamiento cooperativo entre los agentes para garantizar el buen desarrollo de la actividad de descubrimiento de servicios en el sistema. La principal aportación de esta tesis doctoral es la propuesta de un marco para Sistemas Multi-Agente Abiertos Orientados a Servicios. Este marco integra agentes que se encuentran en una red sin ningún tipo de estructura predefinida, y agentes que además de estar en esa red forman parte de grupos dinámicos más comp / Del Val Noguera, E. (2013). Semantic Service management for service-oriented MAS [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/27556

Large, strongly connected amounts of data, as collected in knowledge bases or those occurring when describing software, are often read slowly and with difficulty by humans when they are represented as spreadsheets or text. Graphical representations can help people to understand facts more intuitively and offer a quick overview. The electronic representation offers means that are beyond the possibilities of print such as unlimited zoom and hyperlinks. This paper addresses a framework for visualizing connected information in 3D-space taking into account the techniques of media design to build visualization structures and map information to graphical properties. / Große, stark vernetzte Datenmengen, wie sie in Wissensbasen oder Softwaremodellen vorkommen, sind von Menschen oft nur langsam und mühsam zu lesen, wenn sie als Tabellen oder Text dargestellt werden. Graphische Darstellungen können Menschen helfen, Tatsachen intuitiver zu verstehen und bieten einen schnellen Überblick. Die elektronische Darstellung bietet Mittel, welche über die Möglichkeiten von Print hinausgehen, wie z.B. unbegrenzten Zoom und Hyperlinks. Diese Arbeit stellt ein Framework für die Visualisierung vernetzter Informationen im 3D-Raum vor, welches Techniken der Gestaltung zur Erstellung von graphischen Strukturen und zur Abbildung von Informationen auf graphische Eigenschaften berücksichtigt.

Large, strongly connected amounts of data, as collected in knowledge bases or those occurring when describing software, are often read slowly and with difficulty by humans when they are represented as spreadsheets or text. Graphical representations can help people to understand facts more intuitively and offer a quick overview. The electronic representation offers means that are beyond the possibilities of print such as unlimited zoom and hyperlinks. This paper addresses a framework for visualizing connected information in 3D-space taking into account the techniques of media design to build visualization structures and map information to graphical properties.:1 EINFÜHRUNG S. 9 1.1 Zusammenfassung des Gestaltungsentwurfs S. 9 1.2 Ziel des Belegs S. 10 1.3 Interdisziplinäres Projekt S. 10 2 VORGEHEN S. 12 2.1 Ablauf S. 12 2.2 Konkrete Beispielinhalte S. 13 2.3 Beispielimplementierung S. 13 3 DATENMODELL S. 15 3.1 Ontologien S. 15 3.2 Ontologie Konstruktion S. 15 3.3 Analyse der Domain Design S. 18 3.8 Erstes Ordnen S. 19 3.9 Verwendete Ontologie-Struktur S. 21 3.10 Design-Ontologien S. 23 3.11 Schwierigkeiten bei der Ontologiekonstruktion S. 28 3.12 Einpflegen der Daten mit Protégé S. 29 3.13 Facetten S. 29 3.14 Filter S. 32 4 DATENVISUALISIERUNG S. 35 4.1 Visualisierung zeitlicher Daten S. 35 4.2 Hyperhistory S. 35 4.3 Graphisches Vokabular - graphische Dimensionen S. 37 4.4 Mapping S. 39 5 FRAMEWORK UND GESTALTUNG DES MEDIUMS S. 43 5.1 Technologien und Werkzeuge S. 44 5.2 Architektur S. 46 5.3 Konfiguration S. 51 5.4 DataBackendManager S. 52 5.5 Mapping im Framework S. 53 5.6 atomicelements S. 54 5.7 Appearance Bibliothek S. 55 5.8 TransformationUtils S. 56 5.9 Structures S. 57 5.10 LOD S. 64 5.11 Häufung von Einträgen [+] S. 66 5.12 Darstellung von Relationen [+] S. 69 5.13 Head Up Display [+] S. 71 5.14 Navigation S. 72 5.15 Performanz S. 73 5.16 Gestaltung des Mediums S. 74 6 AUSBLICK S. 80 7 FAZIT S. 81 8 ANHANG A – Installation S. 82 8.1 Vorraussetzungen S. 82 8.2 Programmaufruf S. 82 8.3 Stereoskopie S. 82 9 ANHANG B – Beispielimplementierung zur Visualisierung des Themas „Geschichte des Designs in Deutschland im 19. und 20. Jh.“ S. 84 9.1 Eingrenzung des Umfangs S. 84 9.2 Überblick zur deutschen Designgeschichte S. 84 9.3 Vorgehen S. 85 9.4 Unscharfe Datumsangaben S. 85 9.5 Kontextereignisse S. 85 9.6 Ursache-Wirkung-Beziehungen S. 86 9.7 Mehrsprachigkeit S. 86 9.8 Quellenangaben S. 86 9.9 Bildmaterial S. 87 LITERATURVERZEICHNIS S. 88 GLOSSAR S. 90 ABBILDUNGSVERZEICHNIS S. 91 / Große, stark vernetzte Datenmengen, wie sie in Wissensbasen oder Softwaremodellen vorkommen, sind von Menschen oft nur langsam und mühsam zu lesen, wenn sie als Tabellen oder Text dargestellt werden. Graphische Darstellungen können Menschen helfen, Tatsachen intuitiver zu verstehen und bieten einen schnellen Überblick. Die elektronische Darstellung bietet Mittel, welche über die Möglichkeiten von Print hinausgehen, wie z.B. unbegrenzten Zoom und Hyperlinks. Diese Arbeit stellt ein Framework für die Visualisierung vernetzter Informationen im 3D-Raum vor, welches Techniken der Gestaltung zur Erstellung von graphischen Strukturen und zur Abbildung von Informationen auf graphische Eigenschaften berücksichtigt.:1 EINFÜHRUNG S. 9 1.1 Zusammenfassung des Gestaltungsentwurfs S. 9 1.2 Ziel des Belegs S. 10 1.3 Interdisziplinäres Projekt S. 10 2 VORGEHEN S. 12 2.1 Ablauf S. 12 2.2 Konkrete Beispielinhalte S. 13 2.3 Beispielimplementierung S. 13 3 DATENMODELL S. 15 3.1 Ontologien S. 15 3.2 Ontologie Konstruktion S. 15 3.3 Analyse der Domain Design S. 18 3.8 Erstes Ordnen S. 19 3.9 Verwendete Ontologie-Struktur S. 21 3.10 Design-Ontologien S. 23 3.11 Schwierigkeiten bei der Ontologiekonstruktion S. 28 3.12 Einpflegen der Daten mit Protégé S. 29 3.13 Facetten S. 29 3.14 Filter S. 32 4 DATENVISUALISIERUNG S. 35 4.1 Visualisierung zeitlicher Daten S. 35 4.2 Hyperhistory S. 35 4.3 Graphisches Vokabular - graphische Dimensionen S. 37 4.4 Mapping S. 39 5 FRAMEWORK UND GESTALTUNG DES MEDIUMS S. 43 5.1 Technologien und Werkzeuge S. 44 5.2 Architektur S. 46 5.3 Konfiguration S. 51 5.4 DataBackendManager S. 52 5.5 Mapping im Framework S. 53 5.6 atomicelements S. 54 5.7 Appearance Bibliothek S. 55 5.8 TransformationUtils S. 56 5.9 Structures S. 57 5.10 LOD S. 64 5.11 Häufung von Einträgen [+] S. 66 5.12 Darstellung von Relationen [+] S. 69 5.13 Head Up Display [+] S. 71 5.14 Navigation S. 72 5.15 Performanz S. 73 5.16 Gestaltung des Mediums S. 74 6 AUSBLICK S. 80 7 FAZIT S. 81 8 ANHANG A – Installation S. 82 8.1 Vorraussetzungen S. 82 8.2 Programmaufruf S. 82 8.3 Stereoskopie S. 82 9 ANHANG B – Beispielimplementierung zur Visualisierung des Themas „Geschichte des Designs in Deutschland im 19. und 20. Jh.“ S. 84 9.1 Eingrenzung des Umfangs S. 84 9.2 Überblick zur deutschen Designgeschichte S. 84 9.3 Vorgehen S. 85 9.4 Unscharfe Datumsangaben S. 85 9.5 Kontextereignisse S. 85 9.6 Ursache-Wirkung-Beziehungen S. 86 9.7 Mehrsprachigkeit S. 86 9.8 Quellenangaben S. 86 9.9 Bildmaterial S. 87 LITERATURVERZEICHNIS S. 88 GLOSSAR S. 90 ABBILDUNGSVERZEICHNIS S. 91

This dissertation describes a research study conducted to determine the benefits and use of ontology technologies to support a simulation environment that evaluates countermeasures employed to protect military aircraft. Within the military, aircraft represent a significant investment and these valuable assets need to be protected against various threats, such as man-portable air-defence systems. To counter attacks from these threats, countermeasures are deployed, developed and evaluated by utilising modelling and simulation techniques. The system described in this research simulates real world scenarios of aircraft, missiles and countermeasures in order to assist in the evaluation of infra-red countermeasures against missiles in specified scenarios. Traditional ontology has its origin in philosophy, describing what exists and how objects relate to each other. The use of formal ontologies in Computer Science have brought new possibilities for modelling and representation of information and knowledge in several domains. These advantages also apply to military information systems where ontologies support the complex nature of military information. After considering ontologies and their advantages against the requirements for enhancements of the simulation system, an ontology was constructed by following a formal development methodology. Design research, combined with the adaptive methodology of development, was conducted in a unique way, therefore contributing to establish design research as a formal research methodology. The ontology was constructed to capture the knowledge of the simulation system environment and the use of it supports the functions of the simulation system in the domain. The research study contributes to better communication among people involved in the simulation studies, accomplished by a shared vocabulary and a knowledge base for the domain. These contributions affirmed that ontologies can be successfully use to support military simulation systems / Computing / M. Tech. (Information Technology)

The need for modern enterprises and Web users to simply and rapidly develop and deliver platform-independent services to be accessed over the Web by the global community is growing. This is self-evident, when one considers the omnipresence of electronic services (e-services) on the Web. Accordingly, the Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is commonly considered as one of the de facto standards for the provisioning of heterogeneous business functionalities on the Web. As the basis for SOA, Web Services (WS) are commonly preferred, particularly because of their ability to facilitate the integration of heterogeneous systems. However, WS only focus on syntactic descriptions when describing the functional and behavioural aspects of services. This makes it a challenge for services to be automatically discovered, selected, composed, invoked, and executed – without any human intervention. Consequently, Semantic Web Services (SWS) are emerging to deal with such a challenge. SWS represent the convergence of Semantic Web (SW) and WS concepts, in order to enable Web services that can be automatically processed and understood by machines operating with limited or no user intervention. At present, research efforts within the SWS domain are mainly concentrated on semantic services automation aspects, such as discovery, matching, selection, composition, invocation, and execution. Moreover, extensive research has been conducted on the conceptual models and formal languages used in constructing semantic services. However, in terms of the engineering of semantic services, a number of challenges are still prevalent, as demonstrated by the lack of development and use of semantic services in real-world settings. The lack of development and use could be attributed to a number of challenges, such as complex semantic services enabling technologies, leading to a steep learning curve for service developers; lack of unified service platforms for guiding and supporting simple and rapid engineering of semantic services, and the limited integration of semantic technologies with mature service-oriented technologies. vi In addition, a combination of isolated software tools is normally used to engineer semantic services. This could, however, lead to undesirable consequences, such as prolonged service development times, high service development costs, lack of services re-use, and the lack of semantics interoperability, reliability, and re-usability. Furthermore, available software platforms do not support the creation of semantic services that are intelligent beyond the application of semantic descriptions, as envisaged for the next generation of services, where the connection of knowledge is of core importance. In addressing some of the challenges highlighted, this research study adopted a qualitative research approach with the main focus on conceptual modelling. The main contribution of this study is thus a framework called iSemServ to simplify and accelerate the process of engineering intelligent semantic services. The framework has been modelled and developed, based on the principles of simplicity, rapidity, and intelligence. The key contributions of the proposed framework are: (1) An end-to-end and unified approach of engineering intelligent semantic services, thereby enabling service engineers to use one platform to realize all the modules comprising such services; (2) proposal of a model-driven approach that enables the average and expert service engineers to focus on developing intelligent semantic services in a structured, extensible, and platform-independent manner. Thereby increasing developers’ productivity and minimizing development and maintenance costs; (3) complexity hiding through the exploitation of template and rule-based automatic code generators, supporting different service architectural styles and semantic models; and (4) intelligence wrapping of services at message and knowledge levels, for the purposes of automatically processing semantic service requests, responses and reasoning over domain ontologies and semantic descriptions by keeping user intervention at a minimum. The framework was designed by following a model-driven approach and implemented using the Eclipse platform. It was evaluated using practical use case scenarios, comparative analysis, and performance and scalability experiments. In conclusion, the iSemServ framework is considered appropriate for dealing with the complexities and restrictions involved in engineering intelligent semantic services, especially because the amount of time required to generate intelligent semantic vii services using the proposed framework is smaller compared with the time that the service engineer would need to manually generate all the different artefacts comprising an intelligent semantic service. Keywords: Intelligent semantic services, Web services, Ontologies, Intelligent agents, Service engineering, Model-driven techniques, iSemServ framework. / Computing / D. Phil. (Computer science)

The Social Web, or Web 2.0, has recently gained popularity because of its low cost and ease of use. Social tagging sites (e.g. Flickr and YouTube) offer new principles for end-users to publish and classify their content (data). Tagging systems contain free-keywords (tags) generated by end-users to annotate and categorise data. Lack of semantics is the main drawback in social tagging due to the use of unstructured vocabulary. Therefore, tagging systems suffer from shortcomings such as low precision, lack of collocation, synonymy, multilinguality, and use of shorthands. Consequently, relevant contents are not visible, and thus not retrievable while searching in tag-based systems. On the other hand, the Semantic Web, so-called Web 3.0, provides a rich semantic infrastructure. Ontologies are the key enabling technology for the Semantic Web. Ontologies can be integrated with the Social Web to overcome the lack of semantics in tagging systems. In the work presented in this thesis, we build an architecture to address a number of tagging systems drawbacks. In particular, we make use of the controlled vocabularies presented by ontologies to improve the information retrieval in tag-based systems. Based on the tags provided by the end-users, we introduce the idea of adding “system tags” from semantic, as well as social, resources. The “system tags” are comprehensive and wide-ranging in comparison with the limited “user tags”. The system tags are used to fill the gap between the user tags and the search terms used for searching in the tag-based systems. We restricted the scope of our work to tackle the following tagging systems shortcomings: - The lack of semantic relations between user tags and search terms (e.g. synonymy, hypernymy), - The lack of translation mediums between user tags and search terms (multilinguality), - The lack of context to define the emergent shorthand writing user tags. To address the first shortcoming, we use the WordNet ontology as a semantic lingual resource from where system tags are extracted. For the second shortcoming, we use the MultiWordNet ontology to recognise the cross-languages linkages between different languages. Finally, to address the third shortcoming, we use tag clusters that are obtained from the Social Web to create a context for defining the meaning of shorthand writing tags. A prototype for our architecture was implemented. In the prototype system, we built our own database to host videos that we imported from real tag-based system (YouTube). The user tags associated with these videos were also imported and stored in the database. For each user tag, our algorithm adds a number of system tags that came from either semantic ontologies (WordNet or MultiWordNet), or from tag clusters that are imported from the Flickr website. Therefore, each system tag added to annotate the imported videos has a relationship with one of the user tags on that video. The relationship might be one of the following: synonymy, hypernymy, similar term, related term, translation, or clustering relation. To evaluate the suitability of our proposed system tags, we developed an online environment where participants submit search terms and retrieve two groups of videos to be evaluated. Each group is produced from one distinct type of tags; user tags or system tags. The videos in the two groups are produced from the same database and are evaluated by the same participants in order to have a consistent and reliable evaluation. Since the user tags are used nowadays for searching the real tag-based systems, we consider its efficiency as a criterion (reference) to which we compare the efficiency of the new system tags. In order to compare the relevancy between the search terms and each group of retrieved videos, we carried out a statistical approach. According to Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test, there was no significant difference between using either system tags or user tags. The findings revealed that the use of the system tags in the search is as efficient as the use of the user tags; both types of tags produce different results, but at the same level of relevance to the submitted search terms.