@inproceedings{2fe331adbafd4306ac48a410440efe8d,
title = "Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Organisation Systems as an Aid to Retrieval",
abstract = "This paper discusses research that employs methods from Natural Language Processing (NLP) in exploiting the intellectual resources of Knowledge Organisation Systems (KOS), particularly in the retrieval of information. A technique for the disambiguation of homographs and nominal compounds in free text, where these are known ambiguous terms in the KOS itself, is described. The use of Roget's Thesaurus as an intermediary in the process is also reported. A short review of the relevant literature in the field is given. Design considerations, results and conclusions are presented from the implementation of a prototype system. The linguistic techniques are applied at two complementary levels, namely on a free text string used as an entry point to the KOS, and on the underlying controlled vocabulary itself.",
keywords = "Natural Language Processing, NLP, Knowledge Organisation Systems , KOS, information retrieval",
author = "Iolo Jones and Daniel Cunliffe and Douglas Tudhope",
year = "2004",
language = "English",
isbn = "3-89913-357-9",
volume = "9",
series = "Advances in Knowledge Organization",
publisher = "Ergon Verlag",
pages = "315",
booktitle = "Knowledge Organization and the Global Information Society",
}