Case frames as contextual mappings to case law in bestportal

Rinke Hoekstra, Arno Lodder, Frank van Harmelen

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Abstract

This paper introduces case frames as a way to provide a more meaningful structure to vocabulary mappings used to bridge the gap between laymen and legal descriptions of court proceedings. Case frames both reduce the ambiguity of queries, and improve the ability of users to formulate good quality queries. We extend the BestMap ontology with a formalisation of case frame based mappings in OWL 2, present a new version of BestPortal, and show how case frames impact retrieval results compared to simple contextual mappings and a direct full text search.

Original languageEnglish
JournalBelgian/Netherlands Artificial Intelligence Conference
StatePublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event23rd Benelux Conference on Artificial Intelligence, BNAIC 2011 - Ghent, Belgium
Duration: Nov 3 2011Nov 4 2011

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