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 fulltext search.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLegal Knowledge and Information Systems JURIX 2010
Subtitle of host publicationThe Twenty-Third Annual Conference
PublisherIOS Press BV
Pages77-86
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9781607506812
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameFrontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
Volume223
ISSN (Print)0922-6389
ISSN (Electronic)1879-8314

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