TY - CHAP
T1 - ReTAX+: A cooperative taxonomy revision tool
AU - Lam, Sik Chun
AU - Sleeman, Derek
AU - Vasconcelos, Wamberto W M P D
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - ReTAX is a system that assists domain experts to accommodate a new item in an established taxonomy; it suggests a number of ways in which that can be achieved namely; modifying the new entity, the taxonomy, or both. Further, a set of refinement operators are used to guarantee the consistency of the resulting taxonomy. ReTAX+ is a system which provides the user with additional functionalities as they build a new taxonomy or reuse an existing taxonomy. Specifically, it provides functions to enable a user to add, edit or delete the values associated with class attributes; additionally, it provides functions to add a class, delete a class, merge two classes, and split a class. Again consistent with the philosophy of ReTAX, ReTAX+ offers the user, when relevant, a number of options to achieve his objectives. For example, deleting a class is a fairly radical step and various decisions need to be made about the resulting "orphaned" instances and sub-classes.
AB - ReTAX is a system that assists domain experts to accommodate a new item in an established taxonomy; it suggests a number of ways in which that can be achieved namely; modifying the new entity, the taxonomy, or both. Further, a set of refinement operators are used to guarantee the consistency of the resulting taxonomy. ReTAX+ is a system which provides the user with additional functionalities as they build a new taxonomy or reuse an existing taxonomy. Specifically, it provides functions to enable a user to add, edit or delete the values associated with class attributes; additionally, it provides functions to add a class, delete a class, merge two classes, and split a class. Again consistent with the philosophy of ReTAX, ReTAX+ offers the user, when relevant, a number of options to achieve his objectives. For example, deleting a class is a fairly radical step and various decisions need to be made about the resulting "orphaned" instances and sub-classes.
U2 - 10.1007/1-84628-103-2_5
DO - 10.1007/1-84628-103-2_5
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781852339081
VL - 1
T3 - BCS Conference Series
SP - 64
EP - 77
BT - Applications and Innovations in Intelligent Systems XII
A2 - Macintosh, Ann
A2 - Ellis, Richard
A2 - Allen, Tony
PB - Springer-Verlag
CY - London, England
ER -