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Modeling naturalistic argumentation in research literatures: Representation and interaction design issues
Author(s) -
Buckingham Shum Simon J.,
Uren Victoria,
Li Gangmin,
Sereno Bertrand,
Mancini Clara
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
international journal of intelligent systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.291
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1098-111X
pISSN - 0884-8173
DOI - 10.1002/int.20188
Subject(s) - argumentation theory , computer science , argument (complex analysis) , ontology , human–computer interaction , domain (mathematical analysis) , representation (politics) , usability , software engineering , epistemology , mathematical analysis , philosophy , chemistry , biochemistry , mathematics , politics , political science , law
This article characterizes key weaknesses in the ability of current digital libraries to support scholarly inquiry, and as a way to address these, proposes computational services grounded in semiformal models of the naturalistic argumentation commonly found in research literatures. It is argued that a design priority is to balance formal expressiveness with usability, making it critical to coevolve the modeling scheme with appropriate user interfaces for argument construction and analysis. We specify the requirements for an argument modeling scheme for use by untrained researchers and describe the resulting ontology, contrasting it with other domain modeling and semantic web approaches, before discussing passive and intelligent user interfaces designed to support analysts in the construction, navigation, and analysis of scholarly argument structures in a Web‐based environment. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Int Syst 22: 17–47, 2007.