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Building and Processing a Knowledge-Graph for Legal Data

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Erwin FiltzAuthors Info & Claims

The Semantic Web: 14th International Conference, ESWC 2017, Portorož, Slovenia, May 28 – June 1, 2017, Proceedings, Part II

Pages 184 - 194

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58451-5_13

Published: 28 May 2017 Publication History

Abstract

The increasing size and availability of data opens the door for new application areas. Data which has previously been kept separated can be linked and therefore enhanced with additional data from other sources. The linking of data requires a certain data representation such that it can be used in particular domains. In this paper we describe the problem of data representation and search within data exemplified by the legal domain. We propose an approach to represent the legal data (legal norms and court decisions) of Austria and show how this data can be used to build a legal knowledge graph, usable in various applications for lawyers, attorneys, citizens or journalists.

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The Semantic Web: 14th International Conference, ESWC 2017, Portorož, Slovenia, May 28 – June 1, 2017, Proceedings, Part II

May 2017

305 pages

ISBN:978-3-319-58450-8

DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-58451-5

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Eva Blomqvist
Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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Diana Maynard
University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Aldo Gangemi
Paris Nord University, Paris, France
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Rinke Hoekstra
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Pascal Hitzler
Wright State University, DAYTON, Ohio, USA
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Olaf Hartig
Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3583780.3615514
Martinez-Gil J(2023)A survey on legal question–answering systemsComputer Science Review10.1016/j.cosrev.2023.10055248:COnline publication date: 1-May-2023
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La Cava LSimeri ATagarelli AAmigo ECastells PGonzalo JCarterette BCulpepper JKazai G(2022)LawNet-VizProceedings of the 45th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval10.1145/3477495.3531668(3300-3305)Online publication date: 6-Jul-2022
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