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This paper describes development of a multilingual application using the concept of linked data. Linked data is a basis of Web of Data, which has the potential to overcome the language barrier since it focuses on data, not documents described in a natural language. To investigate how the linked data can be applied in a multilingual application, we have developed a prototype application where multilingual knowledge sources are extracted from existing parallel translations represented in the spreadsheet format. This application provides information in four languages in the domain of apartments rented to international students living in Japan. We discuss how the linked data can be made use of in the development of a multilingual application.
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Kinomura, S., Kuwabara, K. (2013). Developing a Multilingual Application Using Linked Data: A Case Study. In: Bǎdicǎ, C., Nguyen, N.T., Brezovan, M. (eds) Computational Collective Intelligence. Technologies and Applications. ICCCI 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 8083. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40495-5_13
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