Information Integration for the Masses Export

@article{Blythe2008jucs, abstract = {Information integration applications combine data from heterogeneous sources to assist the user in solving repetitive data-intensive tasks. Currently, such applications require a high level of expertise in information integration since users need to know how to extract data from an on-line source, describe its semantics, and build integration plans to answer specific queries. We have integrated three task learning technologies within a single desktop application to assist users in creating information integration applications. It includes a tool for programmatic access to data in on-line information sources, a tool to semantically model them by aligning their input and output parameters with a common ontology, and a tool that enables the user to create complex integration plans using simple text instructions. Our system was integrated within the Calo Desktop Assistant and evaluated independently on a range of problems. It enabled non-expert users to construct integration plans for a variety of problems in the office and travel domains.}, author = {Blythe, Jim and Kapoor, Dipsy and Knoblock, Craig and Lerman, Kristina and Minton, Steven}, citeulike-article-id = {3009490}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.tdg-seville.info/CfP/JUCS07/articles/01-Blythe.pdf}, editor = {Corchuelo, Rafael}, journal = {J.UCS Special Issue on Wrapping Web Data Islands}, keywords = {informationextraction, lerman, mysemanticmodeling, semanicmodeling, task-learning, tasklearning, webwrapper, wrapper}, number = {11}, pages = {1811--1837}, posted-at = {2008-07-16 19:51:56}, priority = {2}, title = {Information Integration for the Masses}, url = {http://www.tdg-seville.info/CfP/JUCS07/articles/01-Blythe.pdf}, volume = {14}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - Blythe2008jucs L3 - citeulike-article-id:3009490 N2 - Information integration applications combine data from heterogeneous sources to assist the user in solving repetitive data-intensive tasks. Currently, such applications require a high level of expertise in information integration since users need to know how to extract data from an on-line source, describe its semantics, and build integration plans to answer specific queries. We have integrated three task learning technologies within a single desktop application to assist users in creating information integration applications. It includes a tool for programmatic access to data in on-line information sources, a tool to semantically model them by aligning their input and output parameters with a common ontology, and a tool that enables the user to create complex integration plans using simple text instructions. Our system was integrated within the Calo Desktop Assistant and evaluated independently on a range of problems. It enabled non-expert users to construct integration plans for a variety of problems in the office and travel domains. IS - 11 JF - J.UCS Special Issue on Wrapping Web Data Islands EP - 1837 TI - Information Integration for the Masses VL - 14 SP - 1811 KW - informationextraction KW - lerman KW - mysemanticmodeling KW - semanicmodeling KW - task-learning KW - tasklearning KW - webwrapper KW - wrapper AU - Blythe, Jim AU - Kapoor, Dipsy AU - Knoblock, Craig AU - Lerman, Kristina AU - Minton, Steven A2 - Corchuelo, Rafael PY - 2008/// UR - http://www.tdg-seville.info/CfP/JUCS07/articles/01-Blythe.pdf ER -