A Flexible Synonym Interface with Application Examples in CAL and Help Environments
Open Access
- 1 December 1987
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Computer Journal
- Vol. 30 (6) , 551-557
- https://doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/30.6.551
Abstract
In both writing and conversation, different people may use different terminologies for the same concept. This poses problems in computer environments which support conversation. This paper outlines a flexible interface obtained by exploiting any establishable relationships between different terminologies. We illustrate the flexible interface in a Computer Assisted Learning (CAL) environment. We also argue that every application needs an additional component to provide the synonym facility. The environment described incorporates synonym-generation programs based on an on-line version of Roget's Thesaurus.Keywords
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