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In this paper we present SAX, a system that generates hypertext descriptions of conceptual models designed with the SADT methodology. The combination of natural language and hypertext significantly lowers the communicative barrier between the analyst and the domain expert, thus increasing the effectiveness of conceptual model validation. The application of hybrid techniques for text generation guarantees an optimal trade-off between robustness and portability across domains on one side and text fluency on the other.
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Cancedda, N., Kamstrup, G., Pianta, E., Pietrosanti, E. (1997). A hybrid approach to hypertext generation. In: Lenzerini, M. (eds) AI*IA 97: Advances in Artificial Intelligence. AI*IA 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1321. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-63576-9_119
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