Abstract
We describe a system which enhances the experience of museum visits by providing users with language-technology-based information retrieval capabilities. The system consists of a cross-lingual search engine, augmented by state of the art semantic expansion technology, specifically designed for the domain of the museum (history and archaeology of Israel). We discuss the technology incorporated in the system, its adaptation to the specific domain and its contribution to cultural heritage appreciation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 65-72 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics |
| State | Published - 2007 |
| Event | 2007 Workshop on Language Technology for Cultural Heritage Data, LaTeCH 2007 at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Association of Computational Linguistics, ACL 2007 - Prague, Czech Republic Duration: 28 Jun 2007 → … |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research was supported by the Israel Internet Association; by THE ISRAEL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (grant No. 137/06 and grant No. 1095/05); by the Caesarea Rothschild Institute for Interdisciplinary Application of Computer Science at the University of Haifa; by the ITC-irst/University of Haifa collaboration; and by the US National Science Foundation (grants IIS-0121631, IIS-0534217, and the Office of International Science and Engineering).
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© 2007 Association for Computational Linguistics