I UNL Panel - Revision history

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	The UNL is an artificial language created to represent and process information across language barriers. Initially proposed by the Institute of Advanced Studies of the United Nations University, in Tokyo, Japan, in 1996, it has been enhanced and promoted by the UNDL Foundation, in Geneva, Switzerland, under a mandate of the United Nations, since 2000.		The UNL is an artificial language created to represent and process information across language barriers. Initially proposed by the Institute of Advanced Studies of the United Nations University, in Tokyo, Japan, in 1996, it has been enhanced and promoted by the UNDL Foundation, in Geneva, Switzerland, under a mandate of the United Nations, since 2000.

	The basic assumption of the UNL approach is that the information conveyed by natural languages can be formally represented through a semantic network made of three different types of discrete semantic units: [[Universal Words]] (UW's), [[~~relations~~]] and [[~~attributes~~]]. The UW's are the nodes in the graph, to be interlinked by relations and specified by attributes.		The basic assumption of the UNL approach is that the information conveyed by natural languages can be formally represented through a semantic network made of three different types of discrete semantic units: [[Universal Words]] (UW's), [[Universal Relations]] and [[Universal Attributes]]. The UW's are the nodes in the graph, to be interlinked by relations and specified by attributes.

	The I UNL Panel, an associated event to COLING 2012, is devoted to the nature and role of Universal Words (UW's), the nodes in the UNL semantic graph.		The I UNL Panel, an associated event to COLING 2012, is devoted to the nature and role of Universal Words (UW's), the nodes in the UNL semantic graph.

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	== Presentations ==		== Presentations ==
			The presentations are available in .pdf format.
	*Introduction		*Introduction
	**[http://www.unlweb.net.br/panel/martins.pdf Ronaldo Martins]		**[http://www.unlweb.net.br/panel/martins.pdf Ronaldo Martins]

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	The specialists are requested to explain their positions both in a paper in a question-answer format and in a 30-minute oral presentation (to be delivered during the meeting). The oral presentations will be followed by a discussion session, according to the tentative program below.		The specialists are requested to explain their positions both in a paper in a question-answer format and in a 30-minute oral presentation (to be delivered during the meeting). The oral presentations will be followed by a discussion session, according to the tentative program below.

	== ~~Program~~ ==		== Presentations ==
	~~Saturday, December 15<sup>th</sup>, 2012 (VMCC Board Room)~~		*Introduction
	*09:~~30-10:00 - Opening session~~		**[http://www.unlweb.net.br/panel/martins.pdf Ronaldo Martins]
	*~~10:00-10:30 - General presentation~~		*Panelists
	*~~10:30-11:00 - Tea break (VMCC Lobby)~~		**[http://www.unlweb.net.br/panel/alansary.pdf Sameh Alansary] (University of Alexandria, Library of Alexandria)
	*11:~~00-13:00 - First presentation session~~ (~~Nicoletta Calzolari~~, ~~Eric Wehrli, Mike Dillinger~~)		**[http://www.unlweb.net.br/panel/bhattacharyya.pdf Pushpak Bhattacharyya] (IIT-Bombay)
	*~~13:00-14:30 - Lunch (VMCC Lobby)~~		**[http://www.unlweb.net.br/panel/boguslavsky.pdf Igor Boguslavsky] (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid/Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences)
	*14:~~30-16:30 - Second presentation session (Igor Boguslavsky, Sameh Alansary,~~ Pushpak Bhattacharyya)		**[http://www.unlweb.net.br/panel/calzolari.pdf Nicoletta Calzolari] (Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale Antonio Zampolli, Pisa)
	*16:30-~~17:00 - Tea break (VMCC Lobby~~)		**Mike Dillinger (eBay)
	*~~17:00-18:00 - Discussion session~~		**Eric Wehrli (Université de Genève)
	*18:~~00-18:15 - Closing session~~

	~~== Panelists ==~~
	*Eric Wehrli (Université de Genève)
	*Igor Boguslavsky (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid/Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences)
	*~~Mike Dillinger (eBay)~~
	*Nicoletta Calzolari (Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale Antonio Zampolli, Pisa)
	*~~Pushpak Bhattacharyya~~ (~~IIT-Bombay~~)
	*~~Sameh Alansary~~ (~~University of Alexandria)~~
	~~Chair: Ronaldo Martins (UNDL Foundation~~)

	== Venue ==		== Venue ==
	VMCC Board Room		VMCC Board Room<br />
	Victor Menezes Convention Center - IIT Bombay<br />		Victor Menezes Convention Center - IIT Bombay<br />
	Mumbai - India		Mumbai - India

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	== Background ==		== Background ==
	*[[Introduction to UNL]] (to be used as ~~premises~~ for the discussion)		*[[Introduction to UNL]] (to be used as the background for the discussion)
	*[[UW]] (to be criticized, if necessary)		*[[UW]] (to be criticized, if necessary)

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	== Program ==		== Program ==
	Saturday, December 15<sup>th</sup>, 2012		Saturday, December 15<sup>th</sup>, 2012 (VMCC Board Room)
	*09:30-10:00 - Opening session ~~(VMCC Board Room)~~		*09:30-10:00 - Opening session
	*10:00-10:30 - General presentation		*10:00-10:30 - General presentation
	*10:30-11:00 - Tea break (VMCC Lobby)		*10:30-11:00 - Tea break (VMCC Lobby)

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	The specialists are requested to explain their positions both in a paper in a question-answer format and in a 30-minute oral presentation (to be delivered during the meeting). The oral presentations will be followed by a discussion session, according to the tentative program below.		The specialists are requested to explain their positions both in a paper in a question-answer format and in a 30-minute oral presentation (to be delivered during the meeting). The oral presentations will be followed by a discussion session, according to the tentative program below.

	== Program ~~(tentative)~~ ==		== Program ==
	Saturday, December 15<sup>th</sup>, 2012		Saturday, December 15<sup>th</sup>, 2012
	*09:00-09:30 - Opening session		*09:30-10:00 - Opening session (VMCC Board Room)
	*09:30-10:00 - ~~General presentation of the questions~~		*10:00-10:30 - General presentation
	*10:00-10:30 - ~~First~~ presentation		*10:30-11:00 - Tea break (VMCC Lobby)
	*10:30-11:00 - ~~Coffee-~~break		*11:00-13:00 - First presentation session (Nicoletta Calzolari, Eric Wehrli, Mike Dillinger)
	*11:00-~~11:30 - Second presentation~~		*13:00-14:30 - Lunch (VMCC Lobby)
	*11:30-12:00 - ~~Third~~ presentation		*14:30-16:30 - Second presentation session (Igor Boguslavsky, Sameh Alansary, Pushpak Bhattacharyya)
	*12:00-14:00 - Lunch ~~break~~		*16:30-17:00 - Tea break (VMCC Lobby)
	*~~14:00-~~14:30 - ~~Fourth presentation~~		*17:00-18:00 - Discussion session
	*14:30-~~15:00 - Fifth~~ presentation		*18:00-18:15 - Closing session
	*~~15:00-15~~:30 - ~~Sixth presentation~~
	*15:30-16:00 - ~~Coffee-~~break
	*16:00-17:30 - Discussion session
	*17:30-18:00 - Closing session

	== Panelists ==		== Panelists ==
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	== Venue ==		== Venue ==
			VMCC Board Room
	Victor Menezes Convention Center - IIT Bombay<br />		Victor Menezes Convention Center - IIT Bombay<br />
	Mumbai - India		Mumbai - India

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	The basic assumption of the UNL approach is that the information conveyed by natural languages can be formally represented through a semantic network made of three different types of discrete semantic units: [[Universal Words]] (UW's), [[relations]] and [[attributes]]. The UW's are the nodes in the graph, to be interlinked by relations and specified by attributes.		The basic assumption of the UNL approach is that the information conveyed by natural languages can be formally represented through a semantic network made of three different types of discrete semantic units: [[Universal Words]] (UW's), [[relations]] and [[attributes]]. The UW's are the nodes in the graph, to be interlinked by relations and specified by attributes.

	The main purpose of the UNL Panel is to collect the opinion of specialists, from inside and outside the UNL Community, about technical issues of UNL, in order to prepare the ground for an in-depth revision of the current UNL specifications. The I UNL Panel, an associated event to COLING 2012, is devoted to the nature and role of Universal Words (UW's), the nodes in the UNL semantic graph.		The I UNL Panel, an associated event to COLING 2012, is devoted to the nature and role of Universal Words (UW's), the nodes in the UNL semantic graph.

	As the name indicates, Universal Words are expected to be "universal". This does not mean that they represent a sort of common lexical denominator to all languages or a semantic primitive. The concept of universality, in UNL, must be understood in terms of "semantic accessibility", i.e, in the sense of "capable of being used and understood by all" (as in "universal adapter", "universal screwdriver" or "universal remote control"), and UW's depict concepts that may range from absolutely global to absolutely local, and even temporary. They are universal in the sense that they are uniform identifiers to the entities defined in the UNL Knowledge Base, which is expected to map everything that we know about the world, and that is used to assign translatability to any concept.		As the name indicates, Universal Words are expected to be "universal". This does not mean that they represent a sort of common lexical denominator to all languages or a semantic primitive. The concept of universality, in UNL, must be understood in terms of "semantic accessibility", i.e, in the sense of "capable of being used and understood by all" (as in "universal adapter", "universal screwdriver" or "universal remote control"), and UW's depict concepts that may range from absolutely global to absolutely local, and even temporary. They are universal in the sense that they are uniform identifiers to the entities defined in the UNL Knowledge Base, which is expected to map everything that we know about the world, and that is used to assign translatability to any concept.

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	== Venue ==		== Venue ==
	Victor Menezes Convention Center - IIT Bombay		Victor Menezes Convention Center - IIT Bombay<br />
	Mumbai - India		Mumbai - India

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	== Rationale ==		== Rationale ==
	The UNL is an artificial language created to represent and process information across language barriers. Initially proposed by the Institute of Advanced Studies of the United Nations University, in Tokyo, Japan, in 1996, it has been enhanced and promoted by the UNDL Foundation, in Geneva, Switzerland, under a mandate of the United Nations, since 2000. The basic assumption of the UNL approach is that the information conveyed by natural languages can be formally represented through a semantic network made of three different types of discrete semantic units: Universal Words (UW's), relations and attributes. The UW's are the nodes in the graph, to be interlinked by relations and specified by attributes.		The UNL is an artificial language created to represent and process information across language barriers. Initially proposed by the Institute of Advanced Studies of the United Nations University, in Tokyo, Japan, in 1996, it has been enhanced and promoted by the UNDL Foundation, in Geneva, Switzerland, under a mandate of the United Nations, since 2000.

			The basic assumption of the UNL approach is that the information conveyed by natural languages can be formally represented through a semantic network made of three different types of discrete semantic units: [[Universal Words]] (UW's), [[relations]] and [[attributes]]. The UW's are the nodes in the graph, to be interlinked by relations and specified by attributes.

	The main purpose of the UNL Panel is to collect the opinion of specialists, from inside and outside the UNL Community, about technical issues of UNL, in order to prepare the ground for an in-depth revision of the current UNL specifications. The I UNL Panel, an associated event to COLING 2012, is devoted to the nature and role of Universal Words (UW's), the nodes in the UNL semantic graph.		The main purpose of the UNL Panel is to collect the opinion of specialists, from inside and outside the UNL Community, about technical issues of UNL, in order to prepare the ground for an in-depth revision of the current UNL specifications. The I UNL Panel, an associated event to COLING 2012, is devoted to the nature and role of Universal Words (UW's), the nodes in the UNL semantic graph.
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	These topics will be discussed considering the five questions below. They illustrate practical issues concerning UW's and have been receiving several different possible answers. The main goal of I UNL Panel is to discuss which answers would be more appropriate and feasible, considering the nature and role of the UNL, and the state of the art of the theory and technology on natural language processing.		These topics will be discussed considering the five questions below. They illustrate practical issues concerning UW's and have been receiving several different possible answers. The main goal of I UNL Panel is to discuss which answers would be more appropriate and feasible, considering the nature and role of the UNL, and the state of the art of the theory and technology on natural language processing.

	Participants are expected to use ~~the~~ particular cases ~~below~~ as starting points for their presentations, but we would expect them to suggest some general procedures to be adopted in similar cases, which could either confirm or deny our current practices, defined in the section [[UW]]'s, and which have been object of revision. Participants should understand, however, that only the structure of UNL is under discussion. The commitments, assumptions and properties of the UNL, which are the keystones of the language and are presented in the [[Introduction to UNL]], should be taken for granted, and are expected to be used as the general framework for all the answers.		Participants are expected to use these particular cases as starting points for their presentations, but we would expect them to suggest some general procedures to be adopted in similar cases, which could either confirm or deny our current practices, defined in the section [[UW]]'s, and which have been object of revision. Participants should understand, however, that only the structure of UNL is under discussion. The commitments, assumptions and properties of the UNL, which are the keystones of the language and are presented in the [[Introduction to UNL]], should be taken for granted, and are expected to be used as the general framework for all the answers.

	The specialists are requested to explain their positions both in a paper in a question-answer format and in a 30-minute oral presentation (to be delivered during the meeting). The oral presentations will be followed by a discussion session, according to the tentative program below.		The specialists are requested to explain their positions both in a paper in a question-answer format and in a 30-minute oral presentation (to be delivered during the meeting). The oral presentations will be followed by a discussion session, according to the tentative program below.