The present study aimed to explore how multimedia annotation and writing summary influence the level of reading comprehension. Annotation is based on the theoretical framework of attention, which maintains that attention is critical in the acquisition process of an L2 (Robinson, 1995; Schmidt, 1995, 2001). In fact, several studies (Bowles, 2004; Chun & Plass, 1996; Jones, 2004; Jones & Plass, 2...

We propose a semi-automatic method for the acquisition of specialised ontological and terminological knowledge. An ontology and a terminology are automatically built from domain experts’ annotations. The ontology formalizes the common and shared conceptual vocabulary of those experts. Its associated terminology defines a glossary linking annotated terms to their semantic categories. These two r...

In this paper, FLERSA (Flexible Range Semantic Annotation) is presented as a user-centered annotation tool for Web content. The tool has been developed over a CMS and allows both manual and automatic semantic annotations. The interest for developing the FLERSA tool for annotating Web content arises out of the need to illustrate how to convert the Web Portal/CMS infrastructure into its semantic ...

The Sequence Ontology (SO) is a member ontology of the Open Biomedical Ontologies (OBO) library that is charged with formally representing types of biomacromolecular sequences and their associated attributes as well as the interrelationships among these. By providing a common vocabulary and set of definitions, it is widely used to facilitate accurate storage, processing, and exchange of sequenc...

The purpose of the present study was to identify any significant relationship between critical thinking ability, L2 vocabulary knowledge, and L2 vocabulary learning strategies of Iranian EFL learners. To this aim, the productive vocabulary levels test was administered to measure the learner’s L2 vocabulary knowledge and observe homogeneity in terms of vocabulary knowledge. At the second stage, ...

Annotating large numbers of sentences with senses is the heaviest requirement of current Word Sense Disambiguation. We present Train-O-Matic, a languageindependent method for generating millions of sense-annotated training instances for virtually all meanings of words in a language’s vocabulary. The approach is fully automatic: no human intervention is required and the only type of human knowle...

Summary: The Gene Ontology (GO) is a controlled biological vocabulary that provides three structured networks of terms to describe biological processes, cellular components, and molecular functions. Many databases of gene products are annotated using the GO vocabularies. We found that some GO-updating operations are not easily traceable by the current biological databases and GO browsers. Conse...

In this paper, we present an approach to solve the drawbacks of manual composition of software components. Our approach is applied within the jCOLIBRI framework for building case-based reasoning (CBR) applications. We propose a system design process based on reusing templates obtained from previously designed CBR systems. Templates store the control flow of the CBR applications and include sema...

In verbal communication, the primary purpose of which is to convey and understand messages, speakers need to make intelligible utterances. The intelligibility of an utterance depends on the sentence structure, discourse, and the vocabulary usage. In foreign-language utterances, “errors” can reduce the intelligibility. The correct and appropriate use of vocabulary is essential for successful mes...