CNL 2010: 2nd Workshop on Controlled Natural Languages (deadline postponed to 28 May 2010)

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2nd Call for Extended Abstracts 

(deadline for submissions postponed to 28 May 2010)

CNL 2010
2nd Workshop on Controlled Natural Languages

http://staff.um.edu.mt/mros1/cnl2010

Marettimo Island, Sicily (Italy)
13-15 September 2010
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Controlled natural languages (CNLs) are subsets of natural languages,
obtained by restricting the grammar and vocabulary in order to reduce or
eliminate ambiguity and complexity. Traditionally, controlled languages
fall into two major types: those that improve readability for human
readers (e.g. non-native speakers), and those that enable reliable
automatic semantic analysis of the language.

Languages of the first type (often called "simplified" or "technical"
languages), for example ASD Simplified Technical English, Caterpillar
Technical  English, IBM's  Easy  English, are  used in industry to
increase the quality of technical documentation, and possibly simplify
the (semi-) automatic translation of the documentation. These languages
restrict the writer by general rules such as "write short and
grammatically simple sentences", "use nouns instead of pronouns", "use
determiners", and "use active instead of passive".