Margherita Sini, FAO 1/ Multilingual Issues in Ontology Creation: Examples from NeOn and Concept Server Projects Margherita Sini IV Ecoterm Vienna, Austria April 2007

Margherita Sini, FAO 2/ Outline Why and What Needs and Status Requirements –for models –for tools The AGROVOC/CS Workbench

Margherita Sini, FAO 3/ Why FAO data are multilingual To integrate data To provide better services to users –semantically-based or concept-based searches –multilingual search assistants –text processing for document finger-printing –concept-based indexing –(semi-) automatic translation assistants Each language is different in alphabet characteristic and structure

Margherita Sini, FAO 4/ What Multilingual resources (AGROVOC, FAOTERM, Glossaries, etc.) Documents (at least 5 official languages) Databases –statistical –others

Margherita Sini, FAO 5/ Needs Models –modularization –versioning Tools –efficient management –worldwide –collaborative Use of semantic-oriented technologies

Margherita Sini, FAO 6/ Status One-to-One correspondence based on agreements and convention (e.g. names of countries and organizations) –Reference Table Management System (RTMS) Data based on cultures and languages –AGROVOC –FAOTERM

Margherita Sini, FAO 7/ Requirements for models Concept, Term, String level Concept and Terms correspondences –one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-one, one-to- nothing, many-to-nothing Context Relationships (culturally-driven) Notations –e.g. comments, definitions, and images

Margherita Sini, FAO 8/ Requirements for tools UTF-8 and/or UTF-16 Reference to ISO standard codes or legacy codes Support left-to-right and right-to-left Select one or more languages (for editing, export or visualization) Easy add new languages Functionalities to check and maintain the quality of the content

Margherita Sini, FAO 9/ AGROVOC/CS Workbench Support and manage the multi-language terminology work of information management specialists in the development, maintenance, and quality assurance of the AGROVOC/CS A collaborative tool

Margherita Sini, FAO 10/ DEMO

Margherita Sini, FAO 11/ Terminology section

Margherita Sini, FAO 12/ Concept level

Margherita Sini, FAO 13/ Add new concept

Margherita Sini, FAO 14/ Term level

Margherita Sini, FAO 15/ Term relationships

Margherita Sini, FAO 16/ Margherita Sini Caterina Caracciolo Thank you! Dankie Faleminderit Shukran Merci Rekhmet Dziakuju Dhanyabad Nasima Gràsce Gràcies Grazia Dêkuji Hvala Tak Dank u Dankon Tänan Tashakkur Kiitos Danke Efcharisto Toda Köszönöm Takk Agyamanac Makasih Gratias Grazie Arigato Vandane Webare Asante Kamsahamnida Khawp jai Gratzia Achiu Aske Terima kasih Grazzi Chjóonte