dragon.nlp.ontology

Interface SemanticNet

All Known Implementing Classes:

UmlsSemanticNet

public interface SemanticNet

Interface of Semantic Network

Copyright: Copyright (c) 2003

Company:

Version:

1.0

Author:

not attributable

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getHierarchy(String id) Gete the hierarchy description fo the given semantic type or relation
Ontology	getOntology() Gets the ontology the current semantic network belongs to
String	getRelationDesc(String id) Gets the description of the given relation
String[]	getRelations(String[] firstSemanticTypes, String[] secondSemanticTypes) Gets all possible relations between two sets of semantic types.
String[]	getRelations(String firstSemanticType, String secondSemanticType) Gets all possible relations between two semantic types.
String	getSemanticTypeDesc(String id) Gets the description of the given semantic type
boolean	isSemanticRelated(String[] firstSemanticTypes, String[] secondSemanticTypes) Tests if any one semantic type in the first set is related to any one semantic type in the second set.
boolean	isSemanticRelated(String firstSemanticType, String secondSemanticType) Tests if there exists a relationship between the two given semantic types

Method Detail

getOntology

Ontology getOntology()

Gets the ontology the current semantic network belongs to

Returns:

the ontology the current semantic network belongs to

getSemanticTypeDesc

String getSemanticTypeDesc(String id)

Gets the description of the given semantic type

Parameters:

id - the entry id of the semantic type

Returns:

the description of the semantic type

getRelationDesc

String getRelationDesc(String id)

Gets the description of the given relation

Parameters:

id - the entry id of the relation

Returns:

the description of the relation

getHierarchy

String getHierarchy(String id)

Gete the hierarchy description fo the given semantic type or relation

Parameters:

id - the entry if of the semantic type or the relation

Returns:

the hierarchy description

getRelations

String[] getRelations(String[] firstSemanticTypes,
                      String[] secondSemanticTypes)

Gets all possible relations between two sets of semantic types.

Parameters:

firstSemanticTypes - the first set of semantic types

secondSemanticTypes - the second set of semantic types

Returns:

all possible relations between two sets of semantic types.

getRelations

String[] getRelations(String firstSemanticType,
                      String secondSemanticType)

Gets all possible relations between two semantic types.

Parameters:

firstSemanticType - the first semantic type

secondSemanticType - the second semantic type

Returns:

all possible relations between two semantic types.

isSemanticRelated

boolean isSemanticRelated(String[] firstSemanticTypes,
                          String[] secondSemanticTypes)

Tests if any one semantic type in the first set is related to any one semantic type in the second set.

Parameters:

firstSemanticTypes - the first set of semantic types

secondSemanticTypes - the second set of semantic types

Returns:

true if at least one semantic type in the first set is related to one semantic type in the second set.

isSemanticRelated

boolean isSemanticRelated(String firstSemanticType,
                          String secondSemanticType)

Tests if there exists a relationship between the two given semantic types

Parameters:

firstSemanticType - the first semantic type

secondSemanticType - the second semantic type

Returns:

true if there exists at least one relationship between the two given semantic types