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WebKB-GE — A visual editor for canonical conceptual graphs

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Conceptual Structures: Theory, Tools and Applications (ICCS 1998)

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This paper reports a CG editor implementation which uses canonical formation as the direct manipulation metaphore. The editor is written in Java and embedded within the WekKB indexation tool. The user's mental map is explicitly supported by a separate representation of a graph's visual layout. In addition, co-operative knowledge formulation is supported by network-aware work-sharing features. The layout language and its implementation are described as well as the design and implementation features.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Adelaide, 5005, Australia

    S. Pollitt & A. Burrow

  2. School of Information Technology, Griffith University, Parklands Drive, 9276, Southport, Australia

    P. W. Eklund

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Marie-Laure Mugnier Michel Chein

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Pollitt, S., Burrow, A., Eklund, P.W. (1998). WebKB-GE — A visual editor for canonical conceptual graphs. In: Mugnier, ML., Chein, M. (eds) Conceptual Structures: Theory, Tools and Applications. ICCS 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1453. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0054908

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