%0 Journal Article %1 ZenzZhouEtAl09jws %A Zenz, Gideon %A Zhou, Xuan %A Minack, Enrico %A Siberski, Wolf %A Nejdl, Wolfgang %D 2009 %J Web Semantics %K v1205 paper ai semantic web search user interface information retrieval knowledge processing rdf zzz.th.c4 %N 3 %P 166-176 %R 10.1016/j.websem.2009.07.005 %T From Keywords to Semantic Queries -- Incremental Query Construction on the Semantic Web %V 7 %X Constructing semantic queries is a demanding task for human users, as it requires mastering a query language as well as the schema which has been used for storing the data. In this paper, we describe QUICK, a novel system for helping users to construct semantic queries in a given domain. QUICK combines the convenience of keyword search with the expressivity of semantic queries. Users start with a keyword query and then are guided through a process of incremental refinement steps to specify the query intention. We describe the overall design of QUICK, present the core algorithms to enable efficient query construction, and finally demonstrate the effectiveness of our system through an experimental study.

@article{ZenzZhouEtAl09jws, abstract = {Constructing semantic queries is a demanding task for human users, as it requires mastering a query language as well as the schema which has been used for storing the data. In this paper, we describe QUICK, a novel system for helping users to construct semantic queries in a given domain. QUICK combines the convenience of keyword search with the expressivity of semantic queries. Users start with a keyword query and then are guided through a process of incremental refinement steps to specify the query intention. We describe the overall design of QUICK, present the core algorithms to enable efficient query construction, and finally demonstrate the effectiveness of our system through an experimental study.}, added-at = {2012-05-30T10:56:14.000+0200}, author = {Zenz, Gideon and Zhou, Xuan and Minack, Enrico and Siberski, Wolf and Nejdl, Wolfgang}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/221fcc60cce4fa50c13f88fe18750b9f7/flint63}, doi = {10.1016/j.websem.2009.07.005}, file = {Preprint:2009/ZenzZhouEtAl09jws.pdf:PDF}, groups = {public}, interhash = {3845a368d183dda5c4723087ef657bc9}, intrahash = {21fcc60cce4fa50c13f88fe18750b9f7}, issn = {1570-8268}, journal = {Web Semantics}, keywords = {v1205 paper ai semantic web search user interface information retrieval knowledge processing rdf zzz.th.c4}, month = {#sep#}, number = 3, pages = {166-176}, timestamp = {2018-04-16T12:34:42.000+0200}, title = {From Keywords to Semantic Queries -- Incremental Query Construction on the Semantic Web}, username = {flint63}, volume = 7, year = 2009 }