[Attempto] How to get started with extension-generalization of Attempto for sub-domain specific language?

[Tobias Kuhn]

Dear Edmon,

Your examples look quite different from ACE, so I think you would need 
to build your own CNL. If you want to reuse the predictive editor, the 
best starting point is probably the ACE Editor, which is part of the 
AceWiki code base:

   https://github.com/AceWiki/AceWiki

You would have to change the grammar to fit your own needs:

 
https://github.com/AceWiki/AceWiki/blob/master/src/ch/uzh/ifi/attempto/aceeditor/aceeditor_grammar.pl

This grammar is in the Codeco format, which is explained in these 
publications:

   http://attempto.ifi.uzh.ch/site/pubs/papers/kuhn2012jlli.pdf
   http://attempto.ifi.uzh.ch/site/pubs/papers/doctoral_thesis_kuhn.pdf

The above grammar for the ACE Editor does not define the translation 
into logic (the parser APE is used for this), but you can define the 
mapping to an internal representation as lambda expressions in Codeco. 
This feature is not well documented, but the grammar of the Coral system 
shows how it works:

 
https://github.com/tkuhn/Coral/blob/master/src/ch/uzh/ifi/attempto/coral/coral_grammar.pl

I hope this is helpful. Let me know if you have further questions.

Regards,
Tobias


On 22.01.2013 04:42, Edmon Begoli wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
>
> I would like to use Attempto and associated interactive editor as a
> foundation for my own
> sub-domain specific language for definition of so called behavioral
> scripts in special education.
>
> I would like to leverage as much of Attempto grammar, API and tools as possible,
> but I would like to, if possible, use OpenCyc or Freebase as knowledge
> base backend
> and to be able to specify a bit more rigid structure to the scripts
> that all have following structure:
> (using [] for optional pieces and ** are for keywords which would be
> part of the language, other words would have to be built into
> knowledge base)
>
> [Environment is classroom.]
> *Instructor* is young female.
> *When* instructor points to red card and says red.
> *Expect* student to point to red card [*within* one minute].
> *Praise* *verbally* *with* 'good job!'.
> *Otherwise* *say* 'No!'.
> *Cue* *with* *voice*.
> *Prompt* *with* *hand*.
> *Fade* *after* 10 *successful* *trials*.
> *Repeat* *until* 95 *percent* *successful*.
>
> For this script, some new terms would have to be defined on the fly
> and I would like to use Attempto's interactive
> editor to suggest and correct on the fly.
>
> Do you have any good pointer to documentation or would you be kind
> enough to give me a guidance on
> how to get started. This is for a publishable research, so any
> substantial contribution would make a part of the
> future research paper.
>
> Thank you in advance,
> Edmon
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