%0 Journal Article %1 keyhere %A Kaufmann, Esther %A Bernstein, Abraham %D 2008 %J The Semantic Web %K SPARQL interface language natural %P 281--294 %T How Useful Are Natural Language Interfaces to the Semantic Web for Casual End-Users? %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76298-0_21 %X Natural language interfaces offer end-users a familiar and convenient option for querying ontology-based knowledge bases. Several studies have shown that they can achieve high retrieval performance as well as domain independence. This paper focuseson usability and investigates if NLIs are useful from an end-user’s point of view. To that end, we introduce four interfaceseach allowing a different query language and present a usability study benchmarking these interfaces. The results of the studyreveal a clear preference for full sentences as query language and confirm that NLIs are useful for querying Semantic Webdata.

@article{keyhere, abstract = {Natural language interfaces offer end-users a familiar and convenient option for querying ontology-based knowledge bases. Several studies have shown that they can achieve high retrieval performance as well as domain independence. This paper focuseson usability and investigates if NLIs are useful from an end-user’s point of view. To that end, we introduce four interfaceseach allowing a different query language and present a usability study benchmarking these interfaces. The results of the studyreveal a clear preference for full sentences as query language and confirm that NLIs are useful for querying Semantic Webdata.}, added-at = {2008-10-21T23:07:57.000+0200}, author = {Kaufmann, Esther and Bernstein, Abraham}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/25de5a59120ae006882885548f6235e70/joergh}, description = {SpringerLink - Buchkapitel}, interhash = {72bb8327f9586cc96f765dae5ad252dd}, intrahash = {5de5a59120ae006882885548f6235e70}, journal = {The Semantic Web}, keywords = {SPARQL interface language natural}, pages = {281--294}, timestamp = {2009-02-24T18:24:37.000+0100}, title = {How Useful Are Natural Language Interfaces to the Semantic Web for Casual End-Users?}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76298-0_21}, year = 2008 }