Applying XML technology for implementation of natural language specifications

摘要

By using the systematic structure of XML, the tangibility of the information of unrestricted natural language specifications is improved for the automation of the translation of these specifications into a formal representation. In the same context, specifying domain-specific knowledge explicitly in XML guides this automation regarding maintaining consistent vocabulary use and presenting implicit relations among components. Besides computational linguistics technologiesapplied in our research, XML representation is useful in identifying the ambiguity and errors in specifications. The result is a specification program that assists the user to specify, to prototype, and even to implement systems throughout the system development.